1 Escudo,India, Portuguese ,Used

Themes:Castles | Coats of Arms | Crosses | Crowns and Coronets | Globes | Seals (Emblems)
Issued on:1958
Last issue date:1959
Distribution:Standard Circulation
Mints:Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda, Portugal
Composition:Copper-Nickel
Edge:Plain/smooth
Orientation:Coin alignment ↑O↓
Shape:Circular
Rim:Raised. Gladiform. Both sides
Weight:5.6 grams
Diameter:23 mm
Face value:1 Portuguese Indian escudo
Known mintage:6,000,000
Composition Details:75% copper, 25% nickel

Description:
Front: Coat of arms (escutcheon colony
on a crowned armillary sphere)
legend: (above, colony name) ESTADO DA INDIA
around (spacers/dots) •
(lower-left/right, spacers/small rosettes) ✤
(bottom, value) 1$00 (Escudo)
Back: Portugese escutcheon on armillary sphere
above a cross of Order of Christ
legend: (above, name Proprietor) REPUBLICA • PORTUGUESA
(lower-left/right, spacers/small rosettes) ✤
(botom, year) 1958 or 1959
Edge: G - grained, type: bars

Formerly known as: y298