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20 Centimos
| Issuer | Mozambique |
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| Year | 1975 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA · POPULAR · DE · MOÇAMBIQUE · 1975 · |
| Reverse description | The large numeral '20' dominates the left and centre of the field, with the denomination legend CENTIMOS inscribed in smaller characters along the lower margin. To the right, a naturalistic sprig of a tea plant (Camellia sinensis) rises from the lower field, depicting serrated leaves and a terminal flowering spike rendered in fine relief, its stem overlapping the numeral. The overall design is clean and uncluttered, with no additional border ornamentation beyond the coin's milled edge. |
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1975 was the year Mozambique achieved independence from Portugal after a decade of armed conflict led by FRELIMO. This coin was issued in that transitional moment, before the new government had fully established its own monetary identity — early post-independence Mozambican coinage retained practical continuity with colonial-era denominations while shedding Portuguese iconography.
KM#94 is a one-year type, replaced as FRELIMO's socialist economic program reshaped the currency system through the late 1970s.