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Portugal 10 escudo 1988

Portugal · 1988 · 10 escudos
Common
€0.19minimum price
32,579,000coins minted
N771 KM633 GOMESR47
RAIn my collection · album RARA-2DFBV
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The coin's story

10 escudos portugaise frappée en 1988, illustrant la modernisation de l’État ; l’écu sur l’avers symbolise l’identité nationale, tandis que le revers met en avant un vitrail stylisé signifiant l’ouverture au progrès avant l’euro.

    Obverse

    REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA 1988

    Écu du Portugal entouré de la légende « REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA 1988 ».

    HBEngraved by Hélder Batista

    Reverse

    10 ESCUDOS H. BATISTA INCM

    Window in stylized stained glass above the « 10 ESCUDOS » value, signed H. BATISTA incm.

    HBEngraved by Hélder Batista

    Specifications

    • Denomination10 escudos
    • Year1988
    • Mintage32,579,000
    • MintImprensa Nacional – Casa da Moeda, Lisbonne
    • MaterialBrass-Nickel (Copper 79% + Zinc 20% + Nickel 1%)
    • ShapeRound
    • Diameter23.5 mm
    • Thickness2 mm
    • Weight7.5 g
    • EdgeReeded
    • ScriptsLatin

    Actual size

    10 escudos 23.5 mm 2 € 25.75 mm 1 € 23.25 mm

    Actual size compared with the 2 € and 1 € coins. Thickness: 2 mm.

    Composition

    Copper7.2 % Nickel91 % Zinc1.8 %

    Reference catalogues

    N771Numista KM633Krause (Standard Catalog of World Coins) GOMESR47Gomes

    Same country, same period at the scale of real diameters

    1 escudo1986 · 16 mm 2,5 escudos1983 · 20 mm 5 escudos1986 · 21.1 mm 10 escudos1987 · 23.5 mm 10 escudos1988 · 23.5 mm 5 escudos1983 · 24.5 mm 100 escudos1990 · 25.5 mm 20 Escudos1986 · 27 mm

    By the same engraver: Hélder Batista 5 coins

    1984Portugal 25 escudos 1984 1986Portugal 5 ECU 1986 1986Portugal 1 January 1986 1987Portugal 10 escudo 1987 - Council of Europe · Rural world

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