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50 Centavos
| Issuer | Portuguese Guinea (1910-1975) |
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| Year | 1952 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears the bold numeral '50' prominently centered in the field, with the denomination CENTAVOS inscribed in a straight legend beneath it. The circular legend REPÚBLICA·PORTUGUESA arcs around the upper periphery, framing the denomination in a clean, unadorned composition characteristic of Portuguese colonial coinage of the mid-twentieth century. A small mint mark dot appears at the base of the design. |
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Portuguese Guinea's 1952 bronze coinage arrived well after the colony had settled into administrative stagnation under Lisbon's Estado Novo regime. Salazar's government maintained a deliberate policy of minimal monetary investment in its African territories, issuing coins infrequently and in small runs. The 1952 date is one of only a handful of distinct years struck for this denomination across the entire colonial period.