20 centavos PORTUGAL (1969-1974)

20 centavos 1969-1974 - Coins of Portugal

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
16.0 mm	1.8 g	1.4 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: 20 / CENTAVOS; below two olive branches

edge:

plain

issue date:

4 VIII 1969

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) (name until 1972)

Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda (National Press - The Mint) (name from 1972), Lisbon

mintage:

1969	10 891 000
1970	16 120 000
1971	1 933 000
1972	16 354 000
1973	4 900 000
1974	26 975 000

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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