10 Escudos

Beschrijving voorzijde	Central field displays the colonial coat of arms of São Tomé and Príncipe, featuring the Portuguese royal shield with five escutcheons and bezants, surmounted by a crown and set against a globe armillary, rendered in fine relief. The denomination '10$00' appears prominently in the lower field. The circular legend 'S. TOMÉ·E·PRÍNCIPE' runs along the upper periphery, separated by small star ornaments, all within a beaded border.
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Opschrift voorzijde	S. TOMÉ·E·PRINCIPE 10$00
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Aanvullende informatie	The Banco Nacional Ultramarino issued this coin for Portuguese Guinea, one of Lisbon's most contested colonial holdings by 1971 — the PAIGC liberation movement under Amílcar Cabral had by that point secured control of an estimated two-thirds of the territory's interior, rendering much of this coinage effectively unusable in the regions it nominally served. Guinea-Bissau would declare independence just two years later, making the entire BNU series for this territory among the shortest-lived colonial currency programs Portugal ever produced.