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10 Escudos
| Issuer | Angola |
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| Year | 1969-1970 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | REPÚBLICA·PORTUGUESA 1970 (Translation: Republic of Portugal 1970) |
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Angola's 10 Escudos of 1969–70 was struck while Portugal's colonial administration was fighting a sustained insurgency across three African territories simultaneously — Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau. The financial strain of that multi-front war forced Lisbon to rationalize colonial coinage, and copper-nickel replaced silver in Angolan denominations during precisely this period as part of that cost-cutting shift.
The series ran only two years before Angolan coinage was overhauled again, making the window for this type unusually short.