St. Thomas and Prince 1977 dobra

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was issued in the F.A.O. sets with the fifty centimos, two, five, ten and twenty dobras. Circulating coinage from this impoverished country, which obtained independence from Portugal in 1975, is very scanty.

Recorded mintage: 1,500,000 plus 2,500 proofs.

Specification: brass, 20 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 26.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• St. Thomas and Prince 1962 5 escudos
• St. Thomas and Prince 1977 50 centimos
• St. Thomas and Prince 1977 2 dobras
• St. Thomas and Prince 1977 5 dobras
• St. Thomas and Prince 1977 10 dobras
• St. Thomas and Prince 1977 20 dobras
• 1984 100 dobras, World Fisheries Conference
• St. Thomas and Prince 1985 100 dobras
• Coins and currency dated 1977
• return to coins of St. Thomas & Prince