Portugal 1918 2 centavos KM-567
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This specimen was lot 32668 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2024), where it sold for $1,020. The catalog description[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. Iron 2 Centavos, 1918. Lisbon Mint. PCGS MS-62. A single year issue in iron, the present Mint State example displays with sharp details and great charm." This denomination was struck in iron or steel (shown here) and bronze (KM 568) in 1918. The bronze issue is common, the iron issue is scarce, especially in this quality.
Recorded mintage: 170,000 in iron and 4,295,000 in bronze.
Specification: iron (more likely steel).
Catalog reference: KM-567; Gomes-02.01.
- Alberto Gomes and Francisco Antonio Magro, Moedas Portuguesas e do Território Que Hoje é Portugal: Catálogo das Moedas Cunhadas para o Continentes e Ilhas Adjacentes, para os Territórios do Ultramar e Grão-Mestres Portugueses da Ordem de Malta, 6ª Edição, Lisbon: Associação Numismática de Portugal, 2013.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Reis, Lina, Anuário de Numismática, Moedas e notas 2010, 31ª ediçao, Lisbon: Publinummis, Lda, 2009.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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