Mozambican 10 Centavos

This 10 centavos coin, minted in Lisbon for Mozambique, was struck on silver planchets during a period when Portugal's colonial finances were already stretched thin by post-World War I debts.

The obverse features a Portuguese coat of arms, while the reverse shows a value and the colony's name—straightforward designs that reflect the era's colonial administration. Mintage figures are spotty; records from the Portuguese archives might have survived, but I've never seen reliable numbers for these years.

Edge reeding on the coin helped deter clipping, a common issue with silver currency in remote areas. As for why it was silver at all for such a low denomination, that's a mystery—perhaps a leftover from earlier standards.

Don't get me started on the myths about these being "rare finds from the bush." They're not.