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5 Escudos Trial
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda, Lisbon |
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| Year | 1968 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse lettering | CABO VERDE 5 $ 00 (Translation: Cape Verde) |
| Reverse description | Central field displays the Portuguese armillary sphere surmounting a cross of the Order of Christ, with the Portuguese royal shield at center bearing the traditional quinas and castles arrangement. The word 'PROVA' (proof/trial) appears in the left field, confirming the pattern status of this piece. The legend 'REPÚBLICA·PORTUGUESA' curves along the upper periphery, and the date '·1968·' is inscribed in the lower field, all flanked by small rosette stops. A beaded inner border frames the design. |
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Trial pieces from Casa da Moeda in this period were produced for internal evaluation as Portugal weighed coinage reforms under the Estado Novo regime. The 1968 date places this squarely in the final year of Salazar's effective rule — he suffered an incapacitating stroke in September of that year and was replaced by Marcelo Caetano. Whether that political disruption affected the outcome of any concurrent coinage decisions is unrecorded, but the 5 Escudos denomination in copper-nickel did proceed to regular issue.