10 centavos PORTUGAL (1942-1969)
| diameter: | weight: | thickness: | alloy: |
| 17.5 mm | 2.0 g | 1.1 mm | Cu95Sn3Zn2 |
obverse:
in the coin centre five shields from Portuguese Coat of Arms; along the top edge: + REPVBLICA • PORTVGVESA + (REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA - Republic of Portugal); along the bottom edge year of issue
reverse:
on coin top in two lines face value: X / CENTAVOS (10 centavos); below two olive branches
edge:
plain
issue date:
28 I 1943
withdrawal date:
1 I 1982
designer:
Marcelino Norte de Almeida (signature M NORTE along the edge under right branch on the reverse)
mint:
Casa da Moeda (The Mint), Lisbon
mintage:
| 1942 | 1 035 000 |
| 1943 | 18 765 000 |
| 1944 | 5 090 000 |
| 1945 | 6 090 000 |
| 1946 | 7 740 000 |
| 1947 | 9 283 000 |
| 1948 | 5 900 000 |
| 1949 | 15 240 000 |
| 1950 | 8 860 000 |
| 1951 | 5 040 000 |
| 1952 | 4 960 000 |
| 1953 | 7 548 000 |
| 1954 | 2 452 000 |
| 1955 | 10 000 000 |
| 1956 | 3 336 000 |
| 1957 | 6 654 000 |
| 1958 | 7 320 000 |
| 1959 | 7 140 000 |
| 1960 | 15 055 000 |
| 1961 | 5 020 000 |
| 1962 | 14 980 000 |
| 1963 | 5 393 000 |
| 1964 | 10 257 000 |
| 1965 | 15 550 000 |
| 1966 | 10 200 000 |
| 1967 | 18 592 000 |
| 1968 | 22 515 000 |
| 1969 | 3 871 000 |
interesting facts:
The first King of Portugal - Afonso Henriques (Alfonso I the Conqueror) (ca. 1109-1185) - had in his Coat of Arms a blue cross on a silver shield into which five silver coins were composed. The coins symbolised the right to mint money. Alfonso's son - Sancho I - arranged the cross from five shields with five coins on each of them, which are until today in Portuguese Coat of Arms and flag.
last update: 10 VI 2014
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