Catalog
1 Escudo Prova
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda (Portuguese Mint) |
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| Year | 1968 |
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| Currency | Portuguese Escudo (1914-1975) |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts the Portuguese colonial arms of Cape Verde: the national shield of Portugal, featuring five escutcheons arranged in a cross charged with bezants, superimposed on an armillary sphere and flanked by a caravel in sail over stylized waves, all surmounted by a mural crown of five towers. The legend CABO VERDE arcs across the upper field in large incuse letters, flanked by small floral ornaments at either side of the lower field. The date 1968 appears in the lower exergue. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Mintage | 1968 |
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Prova issues from the Casa da Moeda were struck as official test or pattern pieces for internal approval, not for public circulation. The 1968 date places this squarely in the late Salazar period — António de Oliveira Salazar suffered a debilitating stroke in September of that year and was quietly removed from power, replaced by Marcello Caetano. Whether any coinage decisions were deferred or altered during that political transition is unrecorded, but the timing is notable.
KM#Pr40 is sparsely documented in most references, with surviving examples presumed to number in the dozens at most.