ObverseThe Value
REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA 20 CENTAVOS 1925
- Design
- The value in the centre, the date below.
- Legend
- REPÚBLICA PORTUGUESA (Portuguese Republic).
- Denomination
- 20 CENTAVOS.
- Date
- 1925.
FSEngraved by Francisco dos Santos
Portugal · 1925 · 20 centavosSeries of bronze 20 centavos with the head of the Republic (1924-1925)
This bronze 20 centavos coin was struck under the First Republic, in a period of steep depreciation of the escudo. The escudo, divided into 100 centavos, had replaced the real on 22 May 1911, at a rate of 1,000 réis to the escudo. In 1924, the government of Álvaro de Castro reformed the metal coinage to halt the fall of the currency, by lowering the real value of the coins. This 20 centavos belongs to that system of 1924-1927 and was struck only in 1924 and 1925. It bears the value on one side and on the other a head of the Republic wearing a cap adorned with laurel. The 1925 date has 10,580,000 pieces.
Actual size compared with the 2 € and 1 € coins. Thickness: 1.35 mm.
10 centavos1921 · 19 mm
5 centavos1927 · 19.2 mm
10 centavos1925 · 22 mm
50 centavos (0,50 Escudo)1926 · 22.8 mm
20 centavos1921 · 23.2 mm
5 centavos1921 · 25 mm
1 escudo1924 · 26.7 mm
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