100 escudos PORTUGAL (1999) UNICEF

100 escudos 1999 UNICEF - Coins of Portugal

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
25.0 mm	8.3 g	2.3 mm	Cu₇₅Ni₂₅ / Cu₇₉Zn₂₀Ni₁

obverse:

in the centre Portuguese Coat of Arms; along the Coat of Arms: REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA (Republic of Portugal) and year of issue: 1999; along the top edge of coin's core face value: 100, along the bottom edge of the core: ESCUDOS; coin's ring empty

reverse:

in the centre emblem of UNICEF; along the top edge of coin's core: UNICEF; along the bottom edge of the core: PARA AS CRIANÇAS DO MUNDO (for children of the world); coin's ring empty

edge:

five sections plain and five reeded

issue date:

10 VIII 1999

withdrawal date:

28 II 2002

designer:

José Cândido, Fernando Conduto (signature F.CONDUTO over DO MUNDO on the reverse)

mint:

Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda (National Press - The Mint), Lisbon (mint mark INCM over CRIANÇAS on the reverse)

mintage:

1999

316 639

+ 3 361 in annual sets

varieties:

Exactly half of the mintage of this coin type was struck with spelling error in word PORTUGUESA. The letter 'E' is missing to read PORTUGUSA.

Variety of 100 escudos from 1999

interesting facts:

UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) - part of the United Nations organisation protecting children's rights.

Flag with UNICEF emblem.

UNICEF

last update: 10 VI 2014

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