FREN
Log in

Portugal 2 centavos 1918

Portugal · 1918 · 2 centavos
Common
€1.43minimum price
20,000,000coins minted
N9285 KM566 GOMESR02
RAIn my collection · album RARA-ZJE2T
Machine translationThis page was translated automatically from French.Read the original in French

The coin's story

Coin of 2 centavos in bronze struck in 1918. The Zobverse shows the Portuguese coat of arms on armillary sphere, national symbol, and the reverse bears the value and date under the legend « REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA », a reflection of the Republic established in 1910.

    Obverse

    Portuguese Coat of arms on armillary sphere.

    DREngraved by Domingos Alves do Rego

    Reverse

    REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA 2 CENTAVOS 1918

    Legend « REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA », value « 2 CENTAVOS » and date 1918.

    Engraved by

    Specifications

    • Denomination2 centavos
    • Year1918
    • Mintage20,000,000
    • MintImprensa Nacional – Casa da Moeda, Lisbonne
    • MaterialBronze (Copper 95% + Tin 4% + Zinc 1%)
    • ShapeRound
    • Diameter20 mm
    • Thickness1.8 mm
    • Weight4 g
    • EdgePlain
    • ScriptsLatin

    Actual size

    2 centavos 20 mm 2 € 25.75 mm 1 € 23.25 mm

    Actual size compared with the 2 € and 1 € coins. Thickness: 1.8 mm.

    Composition

    Copper8.6 % Tin0.4 % Zinc91 %

    Reference catalogues

    N9285Numista KM566Krause (Standard Catalog of World Coins) GOMESR02Gomes

    Same country, same period at the scale of real diameters

    1 centavo1918 · 19 mm 10 centavos1921 · 19 mm 2 centavos1918 · 20 mm 20 centavos1921 · 23.2 mm 4 centavos1919 · 25 mm 5 centavos1921 · 25 mm

    By the same engraver: Domingos Alves do Rego 4 coins

    1918Portugal 1 centavo 1918 1919Portugal 4 centavos 1919 1921Portugal 5 centavos 1921

    Portugal in the collection All 53 coins →

    18831991

    Find this coin elsewhere

    Numista UCoin MA-Shops eBay