E-auction 655-672867 - SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 2,50 Escudos colonie portugaise 1939 Lisbonne

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 2,50 Escudos colonie portugaise 1939 Lisbonne VF

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Type : 2,50 Escudos colonie portugaise

Date: 1939

Mint name / Town : Lisbonne

Quantity minted : 80000

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 650 ‰

Diameter : 20 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 3,50 g.

Edge : striée

Coments on the condition:

monnaie astiquée

Catalogue references :

KM20/5

Obverse

Obverse legend : REPUBLICA·PORTUGUESA // ·1939·.

Obverse description : écu du Portugal sur une sphère armillaire.

Obverse translation : (République Portugaise).

Reverse

Reverse legend : COLONIA DE S. TOMÉ E PRINCIPE // ·2$50·.

Reverse description : écu de la colonie de Saint Thomas et Principe sur une sphère armillaire.

Reverse translation : (colonie de Saint Thomas et Principe).

Commentary

L’archipel est découvert en 1471 par les navigateurs portugais João de Santarem et Pedro Escobar. Devenu colonie portugaise puis territoire d’outre-mer, l’indépendance est proclamée le 12 juillet 1975..
The archipelago was discovered in 1471 by Portuguese navigators João de Santarém and Pedro Escobar. It became a Portuguese colony and then an overseas territory, and independence was proclaimed on July 12, 1975.