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1 Escudo
| Issuer | Portuguese Guinea (1910-1975) |
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| Year | 1973 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The large numeral 1 dominates the upper central field, with the denomination ESCUDO inscribed immediately below in capital letters, together forming the face value. The circular legend REPUBLICA · PORTUGUESA · runs along the full periphery, interrupted by small decorative stops. The reverse field is otherwise plain, framed by a beaded inner rim consistent with the obverse border treatment. |
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Portuguese Guinea was in the final stretch of a grinding independence war when this coin was struck — the PAIGC had already declared unilateral independence in September 1973, and Lisbon was losing effective control of most of the territory's interior. The coin was minted in Lisbon for a colonial administration that, within months, would cease to exist following the Carnation Revolution of April 1974.