20 centavos PORTUGAL (1942-1969)
| diameter: | weight: | thickness: | alloy: |
| 20.5 mm | 3.0 g | 1.3 mm | Cu95Sn3Zn2 |
obverse:
in the 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: XX / CENTAVOS (20 centavos); below two olive branches
edge:
plain
issue date:
29 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 | 4 500 000 |
| 1943 | 5 670 000 |
| 1944 | 7 290 000 |
| 1945 | 7 552 000 |
| 1948 | 2 750 000 |
| 1949 | 12 250 000 |
| 1951 | 3 185 000 |
| 1952 | 1 815 000 |
| 1953 | 9 426 000 |
| 1955 | 5 574 000 |
| 1956 | 6 450 000 |
| 1958 | 7 470 000 |
| 1959 | 4 780 000 |
| 1960 | 4 790 000 |
| 1961 | 5 180 000 |
| 1962 | 2 500 000 |
| 1963 | 7 990 000 |
| 1964 | 7 010 000 |
| 1965 | 7 365 000 |
| 1966 | 8 075 000 |
| 1967 | 9 220 000 |
| 1968 | 10 372 000 |
| 1969 | 8 657 000 |
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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