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2500 Escudos Independence
| Issuer | Banco de Cabo Verde |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Diameter | 22 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A left-facing profile bust of Amilcar Cabral, the founding father and national hero of Cape Verde, is rendered in bold relief against a plain field, superimposed upon a stylized outline map of the Cape Verde archipelago. The circumferential legend INDEPENDENCIA NACIONAL arcs around the upper periphery. To the right of the bust, the numeral 5 is prominently displayed, with the inscription JULHO and the date 1975 positioned in the lower field, commemorating the date of national independence. |
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Cabo Verde declared independence from Portugal on July 5, 1975, ending over five centuries of colonial rule. This 1976 gold issue was among the first coins struck under the authority of the newly established Banco de Cabo Verde, making it one of the earliest numismatic expressions of the new state. The PAIGC — the liberation movement that had simultaneously fought for Guinea-Bissau's independence — initially governed both nations under a projected unity that would collapse by 1981.