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10 Avos
| Issuer | Portuguese Timor (1910-2002) |
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| Year | 1945-1951 |
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| Currency | Pataca (1894-1959) |
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| Obverse description | The Portuguese arms — a cross formed by five escutcheons each bearing five bezants (quinas) arranged in saltire, set within a plain field. The circular legend REPVBLICA PORTVGVESA runs along the upper periphery, flanked by two small floral ornaments at the base. The date of issue appears in the lower field between the ornamental stops. |
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| Reverse description | The denomination numeral '10' is prominently displayed in large characters at the centre of the field, with the word 'AVOS' inscribed below in smaller lettering. Two crossed olive branches, tied at the base with a bow, spread symmetrically across the lower portion of the field, their berries clearly delineated. The circular legend COLONIA DE TIMOR arcs around the upper periphery. |
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Portuguese Timor's bronze coinage of this period was struck in Lisbon under the Estado Novo regime, which administered the colony with minimal investment and intermittent attention. The territory had been occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945, during which the local economy was effectively destroyed and an estimated 40,000 to 70,000 Timorese died. Coins struck from 1945 onward were entering a population that had been stripped of almost all circulating currency during the occupation.
KM#5 spans a seven-year window but actual distribution to the colony was irregular, and surviving examples in any grade above Fine are less common than the date range implies.