A Collection Of Coins From Portugal

Neat 10 Centavos . I need me one of those.

Lets start off again with a silver, I didn't need another 2$50 but like I posted before, can't let good Portuguese silver coins at the coin shop. These are pretty nice about a nickel sized (but lighter).




Issuer: Portugal
Period: Second Republic (1926-1974)
Type: Standard circulation coin
Years: 1932-1951
Value: 2.50 Escudos (2.5 PTE)
Currency: Escudo (1911-2001)
Composition: Silver (.650)
Weight: 3.5 g
Diameter: 20.5 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Shape: Round
Technique: Milled
Orientation: Medal alignment
Demonetized: 1969
References: KM# 580
Mintage (1947): 2,610,000

Excellent adds!

Today you get 2 coins, although both are the same

I lived in Portugal till 1976. The town I came from was poor but really close to the beach.




I remember going to the local store and picking up some lemon and orange hard candies. There 5 centavos each. I ended up picking up 9 candies and gave the clerk a 50 centavos coin. As there wasn't usually change given back for such a small amount I was surprised when I got back a large 5 Centavos. The clerk actually had a few in his till. Considering I had never seen one, I ended up saving it.

About 15 years ago, my parents tore down the old house and built a new one as the town had changed from poor to pretty upscale as the Europeans had found it and had been building homes for the last few years and currently are around 50% of the population.

A few years ago my mom found the stash of coins I had saved up. Most were in poor shape, including the 5 centavos so when I got them home they went into a deep bath of acetone, water, xylene and several other items. After a few weeks I was able to remove all the contaminates on the coin but it has the copper cleaned look. So first you get the coin I was given as change when I was 6 years old.





As I wanted a non details one also for the main collection, I recently got the below.

This one version was only a 2 year issue, 5 centavos were produced in a different version until 1927.




Issuer: Portugal
Period: First Republic (1910-1926)
Type: Standard circulation coin
Years: 1920-1922
Value: 5 Centavos (0.05 PTE)
Currency: Escudo (1911-2001)
Composition: Bronze
Weight: 8 g
Diameter: 25 mm
Shape: Round
Technique: Milled
Orientation: Medal alignment
Demonetized: Yes
References: KM# 569
Mintage (1921):5,916,000

Fantastic!

Sadly this is the last coin I have (well I have modern/common stuff in an album, but we'll skip those for now). And its a DOOZY. Like I posted before the first republic had grandiose hopes for the Escudo and the first batch of coins lived up to the hype, even the Centavos had value.

Today you get the 1916 50 Centavos. A beautiful 50 cent sized silver coin.






Issuer: Portugal
Period: First Republic (1910-1926)
Type: Standard circulation coin
Years: 1913-1916
Value: 20 Centavos (0.2 PTE)
Currency: Escudo (1911-2001)
Composition: Silver (.835)
Weight: 5 g
Diameter: 24 mm
Shape: Round
Technique: Milled
Orientation: Medal alignment
Demonetized: Yes
References: KM# 562
Mintage (1916): 706,000

The only other coin I want is the 1914 commemorative of the establishment of the Republic. I found a few on ebay, but I might get it slabbed as these are frequently cleaned. Other than that, there are a few silver modern commemoratives that I like and while I can find them on ebay, I'm looking locally. My local coin shop also has a silver Real that I'll get but first is the 1914 1 Escudo. Even though I paid off the Morgan and Peace, I'm still doing the IHC and 7070, so these coins may wait.

Thank you all for following the journey and I hope that you found coins you like and that you learned a little about Portugal, a small country of 10,000,000 that at one time had the largest colonial empire in Europe.

Thanks Mr. Numis that works in Education

Its 1953 and it is the nicest of all the coins. Here it is again.