St. Thomas and Prince 1929 20 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was minted in Lisbon for the Portuguese colony of Sao Tomé e Principe in 1929. It was accompanied by copper-nickel ten and fifty centavos. The coin is not rare, tho hard to find in nice condition. The colony, originally a slave trading station, later turned to sugar production and finally cacao. The Portuguese withdrew in 1975.

Recorded mintage: 250,000.

Specification: 4.50 g, nickel-bronze, 24 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 3, Gomes-04.01.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 42nd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Alberto Gomes and Francisco Antonio Magro, Moedas Portuguesas e do Território Que Hoje é Portugal: Catálogo das Moedas Cunhadas para o Continentes e Ilhas Adjacentes, para os Territórios do Ultramar e Grão-Mestres Portugueses da Ordem de Malta, 6ª Edição, Lisbon: Associação Numismática de Portugal, 2013.

Link to:

• 1939 5 escudos
• 1951 10 escudos
• 1962 20 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1929
• return to coinage of St. Thomas & Prince