View source for St. Thomas and Prince 1962 5 escudos

[[Image:St Thomas 1962 5 escudos obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
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This issue minted in Lisbon for the Portuguese colony of Sao Tomé e Principe, is the last silver five escudos for that colony. Previous issues were dated 1939, 1948 and 1951 and subsequent copper-nickel issues are dated 1971. The coin is common. The colony, originally a slave trading station, later turned to sugar production and finally cacao. The Portuguese withdrew in 1975.

''Recorded mintage:'' 88,000.

''Specification:'' 4 g, .600 silver, .077 troy oz ASW, 22 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 20, Gomes-20.01.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. 
* Alberto Gomes and Francisco Antonio Magro, ''Moedas Portuguesas e do Território Que Hoje é Portugal: Catálogo das Moedas Cunhadas para o Continentes e Ilhas Adjacentes, para os Territórios do Ultramar e Grão-Mestres Portugueses da Ordem de Malta, 6ª Edição,'' Lisbon: Associação Numismática de Portugal, 2013.

''Link to:''
* [[St. Thomas and Prince 1951 5 escudos|1951 5 escudos]]
* [[St. Thomas and Prince 1951 10 escudos|1951 10 escudos]]
* [[Mozambique 1960 5 escudos]]
* [[St. Thomas and Prince 1962 10 centavos|1962 10 centavos]]
* [[St. Thomas and Prince 1962 20 centavos|1962 20 centavos]]
* [[St. Thomas and Prince 1962 50 centavos|1962 50 centavos]]
* [[St. Thomas and Prince 1962 escudo|1962 escudo]]
* [[St. Thomas and Prince 1962 2-1/2 escudos|1962 2½ escudos]]
* [[St. Thomas and Prince 1985 100 dobras|1985 100 dobras]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1962]]
* return to coinage of [[St. Thomas & Prince]]

[[Category:Coins of the Portuguese colonies]][[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]