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<p>[QUOTE="kuhli, post: 21164, member: 86"]Answered this somewhere else, but will reply here also.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first one is damaged from someone engraving their initials into it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second one is listed in Krause under Angola. Depending on the size of the coin, it is either a 1/4 macuta or a 1/2 makuta or a 1 macuta, which would be under the word MACU/TA, (under the shield stamp). The counterstamp doubles the face value of the coin. the 1/2 macuta (on a 1/4 coin) is KM#49, worth $2.00 in G, the 1 macuta (on a 1/2 coin) is KM#50, worth $3.00 in G, the 2 macuta (on a 1 coin) is KM#51, worth $6.00 in G.</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins were designed for use in the Portuguese colony of Guinea, but the majority of them ended up in the larger colony of Angola, and thus are listed as Angolan coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The third one is still being researched. I am thinking that it may be a billon issue from a German state, but not positive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kuhli, post: 21164, member: 86"]Answered this somewhere else, but will reply here also. The first one is damaged from someone engraving their initials into it. The second one is listed in Krause under Angola. Depending on the size of the coin, it is either a 1/4 macuta or a 1/2 makuta or a 1 macuta, which would be under the word MACU/TA, (under the shield stamp). The counterstamp doubles the face value of the coin. the 1/2 macuta (on a 1/4 coin) is KM#49, worth $2.00 in G, the 1 macuta (on a 1/2 coin) is KM#50, worth $3.00 in G, the 2 macuta (on a 1 coin) is KM#51, worth $6.00 in G. These coins were designed for use in the Portuguese colony of Guinea, but the majority of them ended up in the larger colony of Angola, and thus are listed as Angolan coins. The third one is still being researched. I am thinking that it may be a billon issue from a German state, but not positive.[/QUOTE]
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