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1 Escudo
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda, Lisbon |
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| Year | 1949 |
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| Value | 1 Escudo (1 PTE) |
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| Obverse description | The colonial coat of arms of Cape Verde occupies the central field, depicting a Portuguese armillary sphere overlaid with the Cape Verde shield, which features the Portuguese quinas above a stylized representation of waves and mountains. Above the central device, a row of five mural-crowned towers forms the crest. The colonial legend COLÓNIA DE CABO VERDE curves along the upper periphery, separated by raised dots, while the date 1949 appears in the lower field, also flanked by dots. The entire design is framed by a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | COLÓNIA·DE·CABO·VERDE 1949 |
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Portugal's Cape Verde escudo coinage of this period was produced entirely in Lisbon rather than locally — the islands had no mint infrastructure of their own, a situation that persisted throughout the colonial period. The 1949 issue falls within the Estado Novo administration's broader effort to standardize colonial currency across Portuguese Africa, consolidating monetary policy from the metropole at a moment when other European powers were already beginning to loosen their grip on overseas territories.