Timor 1951 50 avos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This issue, minted in Lisbon for the Portuguese colony of Timor in 1945, 1948 and 1951, is the only silver fifty avos for that colony. Issues for that colony did not commence until 1945, after the Japanese surrender, and continued until Portuguese withdrawal in 1975. Soon after, Indonesian forces occupied and devastated the island until Australian pressure caused them to withdraw as well, in 1999. The area preserves a fragile independence as the Republic of Timor-Leste.

Recorded mintage: 1,000,000 (most common date).

Specification: 3.5 g, .650 fine silver, .073 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 7, Gomes-03.03.

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:

• Timor (1900) pataca c/m Mexican 8 reales
• Timor 1945 20 avos
• 1958 30 centavos
• 1958 3 escudos
• 1958 6 escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1951
• return to Indonesia, Timor