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10 Centavos
| Issuer | Portuguese Guinea (1910-1975) |
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| Year | 1973 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears the denomination and the legend REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA arranged around the upper and central field. The numeral 10 and the word CENTAVOS are displayed prominently, identifying the face value of the coin within a plain field typical of Portuguese colonial coinage of this period. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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By 1973, Portuguese Guinea was effectively a lost cause for Lisbon. The PAIGC had declared independence unilaterally in September of that year and already held roughly two-thirds of the territory. Aluminum coinage for a colonial administration in its final months was, at minimum, an act of institutional stubbornness — these pieces circulated, if at all, in a colony that had already functionally ceased to exist under Portuguese control.
Guinea-Bissau was formally recognized internationally within months of this issue's striking.