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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bernard55, post: 21429496, member: 114733&quot;]Came across this coin today.&nbsp; It&#039;s 46 (mm) | 38.4 (g)</p><p><br /></p><p>From what I can tell it&#039;s a 1 Macuta (but I&#039;m not positive about that as its weight differs from what Numista and others list 43 (mm) | 36.5g)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>question:</b> Can anyone familiar with Portuguese Angola Macuta validate this is a 1 Macuta?</p><p><br /></p><p>I see a similar specimen on <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/204222355101" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/204222355101" rel="nofollow">eBay</a> at 37mm 21.73g (this may be mislabeled as it could be a 1/2 Macuta but not sure).&nbsp; Its description is:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><i><font size="3">This is a large, heavy, and relatively nice copper coin that started out in 1763 as a &quot;One Macuta&quot; from &quot;Portuguese Angola&quot; or &quot;Portuguese West Africa&quot; as it is also called. By an edict of March 21, 1837, they authorized a Crowned Arms Countermark that doubled the value, so now, after the counterstamping, this coin was a “Two Macuta”.</font></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><font size="3"><i>&quot;Standard Catalog of World Coins&quot; (1801-1900)</i> by Krause-Mishler. #51.1. on <i>(1701-1800)</i> #12.</font></i></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1542852[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1542853[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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