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25 Escudos Jesus
| Issuer | Cape Verde |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Value | 25 Escudos |
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| Reverse description | A finely modelled high-relief bust of Jesus Christ is depicted in right-facing profile, occupying the full field of the coin. The portrait renders long, flowing hair falling to the shoulders and a short beard and moustache, executed with considerable sculptural detail. The smooth, polished background contrasts with the intricately worked hair and facial features, lending the design a medallic quality. No legends or inscriptions appear on this face, allowing the devotional imagery to dominate the composition entirely. |
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| Mintage | 2006 - Proof |
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Cape Verde issued this coin as part of a broader commemorative program tied to the country's religious and cultural identity — Catholicism having taken deep root in the islands since Portuguese colonization in the 15th century, when the archipelago served as a key node in the Atlantic slave trade and subsequently as a staging point for missionary activity across West Africa. The islands had no indigenous population before European settlement, making their cultural character entirely a product of that colonial and ecclesiastical history.