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After looking at Triggersmob photos of his collection of coins, I decided to look through my modern set of foreign coins and pulled out a few of the coins from Portugal to photograph.  Today's coin is a 20 Escudos from 2000, the first coin I posted so far from the 3rd republic.   Issuer: Portugal Period: Third Republic (1974-date) Type: Standard circulation coin Years: 1986-2001 Value: 20 Escudos (20 PTE) Currency: Escudo (1911-2001) Composition: Copper-nickel Weight: 6.9 g Diameter: 26.5 mm Thickness: 1.64 mm Shape: Round Orientation: Coin alignment Demonetized: 02-28-2002 References: KM# 634, Schön# 94 Mintage (2000): 6,000,000 The nautical compass is used throughout Portugal, there is an especially large one made into the plaza in front of the Monument to the Discovers (Padrão dos Descobrimentos)  Its also featured on the Paper Money of Portugal (Pre-euro)     Edited by hfjacinto
10/06/2021 08:10 am
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After looking at Triggersmob photos of his collection of coins, I decided to look through my modern set of foreign coins and pulled out a few of the coins from Portugal to photograph.  Quote:
Today's coin is a 20 Escudos from 2000, the first coin I posted so far from the 3rd republic. Very nice!  Quote:
Its also featured on the Paper Money of Portugal (Pre-euro) Nice examples! 
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Today's coin is a 20 Escudos from 2000, the first coin I posted so far from the 3rd republic. I like the design on that coin. Very nice. :) Steve :)
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In case anybody is wondering what the order is that the pictures are being loaded, it's the order I put them in a flip and took a picture  I've had many of these for a long while (in 2 by 2's) but didn't take a picture until recently. The last 4 coins I got was because of Triggersmob (Steve) comments and seeing his coin pictures and those are actually about 2 weeks away . I still have a few coins I need to remove from 2 by 2's or the mint cases. In the end there will be 2 coins I currently don't own but I want to get, these are the 1910 first escudo (minted in 1914) and the silver 1915-1916 escudo. I'm also working on a little narrative (basically what I learned about Portuguese history through money, I promise it will be interesting). One thing I've learned is that a lot of monetary history isn't taught in your history books but money effects governments and their path in many ways. I would also love to have the last escudo issued but that was a gold coin, so not on the list yet. |
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Continuing with modern date clad coinage, today we have 2$50 escudos which continues the Caravela from the silver 2$50. This one was actually not in my common date set, it was one I saw at a coin shop and picked up. Other than the minor ding on the date it looks really nice (using a 100MM macro lens really shows all defects, the original size is over 2000 pixels square). The coin has a nice cartwheel effect even as a clad coin.   Issuer: Portugal Period: Second Republic (1926-1974) Type: Standard circulation coin Years: 1963-1985 Value: 2.50 Escudos (2.5 PTE) Currency: Escudo (1911-2001) Composition: Copper-nickel Weight: 3.5 g Diameter: 20 mm Thickness: 1.5 mm Shape: Round Orientation: Coin alignment Demonetized: 02-28-2002 References: KM# 590 Mintage (1978): 27,375,000 While this coin has one of the nicer layouts, in 1961/2 they created a pattern which I wish they had actually used.   Edited by hfjacinto
10/07/2021 07:44 am
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Portugal used the Caravela also on its notes. Right before the Euro was introduced they released a discovery series in which the Caravela was included.   |
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Another beautiful coin, but like you said, it would have been nice if they used that patterned design. Quote:
The last 4 coins I got was because of Triggersmob (Steve) comments and seeing his coin pictures Thank you for the kind words Hfjacinto. I am humbled. Your pictures are a lot nicer than mine though. I use a point and shoot, fully automatic Finepix J40 camera. Nothing flash. Steve :) |
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Outstanding presentation today! |
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I'm enjoying the continuing show!
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@commems 2 more regular coins and then we go back to Commemorative's  Edited by hfjacinto
10/07/2021 1:12 pm
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Today you get an escudo, the base unit of Portuguese money (pre-Euro). The escudo went from Silver and dollar sized in 1914-1916 to Aluminum/Bronze, Copper/Nickel, copper to copper/bronze. Today you get the Copper coin.   Issuer: Portugal Period: Second Republic (1926-1974) Type: Standard circulation coin Years: 1969-1979 Value: 1 Escudo (1 PTE) Currency: Escudo (1911-2001) Composition: Bronze Weight: 8 g Diameter: 26 mm Thickness: 2.03 mm Shape: Round Orientation: Coin alignment Demonetized: 02-28-2002 References: KM# 597 Mintage (1979): 14,241,000 |
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Nice example Hfjacinto. :)
View my Coins here, (NOW WITH OVER 16,800 IMAGES).... http://www.coincommunity.org/galler...hp?cat=10048OFEC count = 237 Edited by triggersmob
10/08/2021 7:41 pm
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The next 2 coins are commemoratives. I looked for these when my mom brought back a set of coins I had as a child in Portugal. When I found the 50 Escudos Pedro Cabral I researched and found that 2 others commemoratives were also released in 1968 and 1969. This one was the harder of the 2 to find. This coin commemorates the Centenary of the birth of Marechal Carmona. António Óscar Fragoso Carmona (24 November 1869 - 18 April 1951) was a Portuguese Army officer and politician who served as the 96th Prime Minister of Portugal from 1926 to 1928 and 11th President of Portugal from 1926 until his death in 1951. He also served as the Minister of War in late 1923 and in 1926, and he also served two times as a Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1926. As Carmona served under the Salazar dictatorship this coin isn't as collected (I believe) as the Vasco da Gama and Pedro Cabral coins. Marechal means Marshall in Portuguese, a title he acquired in 1947 as a means to dispell rumors he was involved in a plot to overthrow Salazar. It a nice BU, and the toning is pretty in hand. One of the last circulating silver coins.   Issuer: Portugal Period: Second Republic (1926-1974) Type: Circulating commemorative coin Year: 1969 Value: 50 Escudos (50 PTE) Currency: Escudo (1911-2001) Composition: Silver (.650) Weight: 18 g Diameter: 34 mm Shape: Round Orientation: Coin alignment Demonetized: Yes References: KM# 599 Mintage: 500,000 |
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The 2nd commemorative, this one is celebrates the 500th Anniversary of birth of Vasco da Gama. Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. His initial voyage to India was the first to link Europe and Asia by an ocean route, connecting the Atlantic and the Indian oceans and therefore, the West and the Orient.   Issuer: Portugal Period: Second Republic (1926-1974) Type: Circulating commemorative coin Year: 1969 Value: 50 Escudos (50 PTE) Currency: Escudo (1911-2001) Composition: Silver (.650) Weight: 18 g Diameter: 34 mm Thickness: 2.1 mm Shape: Round Orientation: Coin alignment Demonetized: Yes References: KM# 598 Mintage: 1,000,000 |
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@hfjacinto: Will you be posting about Portugal's 1972 50 Escudos commemorative for the 400th Anniversary of "Os Lusiadas"?
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