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10 Centavos
| Issuer | São Tomé and Príncipe |
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| Year | 1962 |
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| Diameter | 16 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicting the Portuguese colonial coat of arms — a quartered shield bearing the five quinas of Portugal and the cross of the Order of Christ, surmounted by a mural crown of five towers — all set within a stylised armillary sphere rendered in low relief. The colonial territory name S. TOMÉ·E·PRÍNCIPE arcs along the upper periphery in raised Latin lettering, while the date 1962 appears in large numerals at the base, flanked by small rosette ornaments. The coin's border is defined by a continuous raised beaded rim. |
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| Mintage | 1962 - - 500,000 |
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Issued under Portuguese colonial administration, this coin was part of a standardized bronze series introduced across multiple African territories in the late colonial period as Lisbon attempted to assert economic coherence over its overseas provinces — a designation Portugal preferred to "colonies" following constitutional revisions in 1951. São Tomé and Príncipe's tiny domestic economy, built almost entirely on cocoa exports from roças, meant circulating coinage often sat idle or was displaced by barter and plantation-credit systems.