Portugal 1932 5 escudos

UBS sale 84, lot 1390

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The first specimen is lot 1390 in UBS sale 84 (Basel, January 2010). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"PORTUGAL (Münzstätte Lissabon) Republik. 5 Escudos 1932. Selten. Sehr schön-vorzüglich.." (Portugal, Lisbon mint, republic, 5 escudos of 1932. Rare, very fine-extremely fine).

This type was struck 1932-51; many dates are common but this one is rare. Two-and-a-half and ten escudos also exist with this design.

Recorded mintage: 800,000.

Specification: 7 g, .650 fine silver, .146 troy oz ASW, 25 mm diameter; the first specimen: 7.04 grams.

Catalog reference: Gomes-35.01, KM 581.

Source:

• ^[1]UBS Gold & Numismatics, Auction 84: Gold and Silver Coins, Basel, 2009.
• 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.
• 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.

Link to:

• 1931 50 centavos
• 1932 2½ escudos
• 1932 10 escudos
• 1933 2½ escudos
• 1933 5 escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1932
• return to coins of Portugal