Cape Verde 1968 5 escudos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck in 1968 for the Portuguese colony of Cape Verde, a group of islands off the west coast of Africa. It is the last coin issued for the colony before independence. Unlike Angola and Mozambique, Cape Verde obtained its independence in 1975 with little bloodshed. Since independence, Cape Verde has been ruled by the same political party which controls Guinea-Bissau on the mainland; they are de facto united.

Recorded mintage: 200,000.

Specification: 4.41 g, copper-nickel, 23 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM 12, Gomes-11.01.

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:

• 1953 10 escudos
• 1967 2½ escudos
• 1968 50 centavos
• 1968 escudo
• Angola 1972 5 escudos
• Mozambique 1974 20 centavos
• Macao 1975 pataca
• Cape Verde 1976 2500 escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1968
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