Timor 1964 10 escudos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This issue, minted in Lisbon for the Portuguese colony of Timor, is the only silver ten escudos 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: 600,000.

Specification: 7 g, .650 silver, .146 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 16, Gomes-15.01.

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:

• 1958 3 escudos
• Portuguese India 1959 30 centavos
• St. Thomas and Prince 1962 5 escudos
• Mozambique 1960 5 escudos
• 1970 50 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1964
• return to Indonesia, Timor