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50 Centavos
| Issuer | Angola |
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| Year | 1927-1928 |
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| Diameter | 30.42 mm |
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| Reverse description | The Portuguese armillary sphere overlaid with the national shield at center, the shield displaying the traditional quinas and castles of Portugal, all set within a beaded inner border. The curved legend CINCOENTA CENTAVOS arcs around the upper portion of the field, while the numeral 50 appears prominently in the lower exergue, flanked by small decorative rosette stops. |
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| Reverse lettering | CINCOENTA CENTAVOS 50 (Translation: Fifty Centavos 50) |
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Angola's 1927–1928 coinage was issued under Portuguese colonial administration at a moment when the escudo system was being extended and standardized across overseas territories following postwar monetary reorganization in Lisbon. The nickel-brass alloy chosen here was a deliberate cost-reduction measure, reflecting Portugal's own fiscal difficulties through the mid-1920s — the metropolitan government had barely stabilized its own currency after years of inflation and republican political chaos.
KM#69 had a short two-year production window before the type was succeeded, leaving relatively modest surviving quantities across both dates.