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2.50 Escudos Pattern
| Issuer | Mozambique |
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| Year | 1935 |
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| Currency | Escudo (1911-1974) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Portugal's Estado Novo regime, consolidated under Salazar by 1933, moved quickly to standardize colonial coinage across its African territories. This 1935 pattern for Mozambique was part of that broader administrative tightening — a test piece evaluating design and specifications before committing to a full colonial issue. It was never approved for circulation.
The Gomes reference R E5.01 confirms its status as the sole recorded pattern variety for this denomination and year. Surviving examples are essentially institutional survivors — pieces retained by the Lisbon mint or acquired directly from official sources, not coins that passed through colonial commerce.