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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:St Thomas 1962 20 centavos obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]<br />
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This type was minted in Lisbon for the Portuguese colony of Sao Tomé e Principe in 1962 and 1971. The only previous issue was dated 1929. The coin is common. The colony, originally a slave trading station, later turned to sugar production and finally cacao. The Portuguese withdrew in 1975.<br />
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''Recorded mintage:'' 250,000.<br />
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''Specification:'' 2.5 g, bronze, 18 mm diameter.<br />
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''Catalog reference:'' KM 16.1, Gomes-05.01.<br />
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''<br />
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.<br />
* 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.<br />
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''Link to:''<br />
* [[St. Thomas and Prince 1929 20 centavos|1929 10 centavos]]<br />
* [[St. Thomas and Prince 1951 10 escudos]]<br />
* [[St. Thomas and Prince 1962 10 centavos|1962 10 centavos]]<br />
* [[St. Thomas and Prince 1962 5 escudos|1962 5 escudos]]<br />
* [[St. Thomas and Prince 1962 50 centavos|1962 50 centavos]]<br />
* [[St. Thomas and Prince 1962 escudo|1962 escudo]]<br />
* [[St. Thomas and Prince 1962 2-1/2 escudos|1962 2½ escudos]]<br />
* [[Coins and currency dated 1962]]<br />
* return to coinage of [[St. Thomas & Prince]]<br />
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