Owner Comments:
Purchased in March of 2015 from a Stacks & Bowers Auction. Central design well struck with sharp details. Lustrous with attractive chocolate brown surfaces. This is still the nicest example of this coin that I have seen. I am drawn to crude coins and this piece fits the bill.
KM-46; Gomes-03.02. Without Zodiac.
Face value:1 macuta (50 reis)
Year:1814
Era: Angola - Portuguese colony (1910-1974)
Head of State: João Prince Regent van Portugal (1802-1817)
Material: Copper (Cu)
Weight: 14.6
Diameter: 36
Shape: Round
Obverse:AFRICA . PORTUGUEZA.*.1814.*. - 1 MACUTA
Reverse:JOANNES.D.G.PORT.P.REGENS.ET.D.GUINEAE