50 centavos PORTUGAL (1969-1979)

50 centavos 1969-1979 - Coins of Portugal

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
22.5 mm	4.25 g	1.5 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: 50 / CENTAVOS; below five cereal ears

edge:

plain

issue date:

4 VIII 1969

withdrawal date:

1 I 1982

designer:

Marcelino Norte de Almeida (signature M NORTE along the edge near right ears 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	3 481 000
1970	17 280 000
1971	9 139 000
1972	24 729 000
1973	35 588 000
1974	28 719 000
1975	17 793 000
1976	23 734 000
1977	16 340 000
1978	48 348 000
1979	61 652 000

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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