Catalog
1 Escudo Pattern
| Issuer | São Tomé and Príncipe |
|---|---|
| Year | 1962 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Within a beaded border, the large numeral '1' is prominently displayed in the upper field, with the denomination 'ESCUDO' inscribed below it in bold relief. The circular legend 'REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA' runs along the periphery. The word 'PROVA' (proof/pattern) appears incused in small letters at the lower field, confirming the coin's status as an official pattern strike. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | S. TOMÉ E PRINCIPE 1962 |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Portugal struck a series of pattern coins for its African territories in the early 1960s as the Estado Novo regime worked to standardize colonial coinage ahead of what Lisbon still refused to acknowledge might become independence movements. São Tomé and Príncipe, a tiny cocoa-producing island territory in the Gulf of Guinea, received little numismatic attention — which is precisely why so few of these patterns were ever struck, and fewer still documented outside the Gomes reference.
The Gomes E4.04 designation places this firmly in the experimental series, never approved for circulation.