1 escudo PORTUGAL (1969-1979)

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

on coin top in two lines face value: 1 / ESCVDO (ESCUDO); below five cereal ears

plain

4 VIII 1969

1 I 1987

Marcelino Norte de Almeida (signature M NORTE along the edge near right ears on the reverse)

Casa da Moeda (The Mint) (name until 1972)

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

1969	3 020 000
1970	6 009 000
1971	7 860 000
1972	3 815 000
1973	20 467 000
1974	11 444 000
1975	8 473 000
1976	7 353 000
1977	6 218 000
1978	7 061 000
1979	14 241 000

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.