2.5 escudos PORTUGAL (1978 [1977]) Alexandre Herculano

2.5 escudos 1978 [1977] Alexandre Herculano - Coins of Portugal

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
20.0 mm	3.5 g	1.6 mm	Cu₇₅Ni₂₅

obverse:

in the centre Portuguese Coat of Arms; along the top edge: REPUBLICA • PORTUGUESA (Republic of Portugal); along the bottom edge face value: 2 $ 50 (ESCUDOS - 2 and half escudo)

reverse:

bust of the writer facing slightly right, separates dates: 1877 / 1977; along the edge: * CENTENARIO • DA • MORTE • DE • ALEXANDRE • HERCULANO (centenary of death of Alexandre Herculano)

edge:

reeded

issue date:

16 III 1978

withdrawal date:

1 X 1998

designer:

Marcelino Norte de Almeida (signature in two lines M NORTE / SCVLP - SCULPTOR - below date 1977 on the reverse)

mint:

Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda (National Press - The Mint), Lisbon (mint mark with date 1977 below large date 1877 on the reverse)

mintage:

1978

6 000 000

interesting facts:

Alexandre Herculano de Carvalho e Araújo (1810-1877) - Portuguese novelist and historian.

last update: 10 VI 2014

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