Rating

Currency Angolan Escudo 

Denomination 20 Centavos 

Country Angola

Year 1962 

Composition Bronze 

Cat # KM# 78 

Diameter 18,2 mm 

Government Portuguese colony 

Edge plain 

Comment Obv: Value. Rev: Five crowns above arms, date below. 

Information Mintage:
3,000,000
The shield was the currency of Angola between 1914 and 1928, and again between 1958 and 1977. Was subdivided into 100 cents. The shield was replaced in 1977 by the kwanza.