Portuguese India 3 Escudos coin 1959

Century 20th CENTURY
Type Coin
Issuer Portuguese India
Period Republic (1910-1961)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 1958-1959
Value 3 Escudos
Currency Escudo (1958-1961)
Composition Nickel brass (61% Copper, 20% Zinc, 19% Nickel)
Weight 8 g
Diameter 27 mm
Thickness 1.6 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized 15 May 1962
Number N#11769
Obverse Script: Latin
Comments
The Estado da India (1505-1961) was the name the Portuguese gave to that part of their empire which stretched from India to East Asia. However, in its widest sense, the name includes all Portuguese colonies east of the Cape of Good Hope