Portugal 1934 5 escudos

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Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 43296
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from the Mountain Groan Collection
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The first specimen was lot 43296 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $80. The catalog description[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. 5 Escudos, 1934. Lisbon Mint. PCGS MS-65." This type was struck 1932-34, 1937, 1940-48 and 1951; many dates are common but this one is rather scarce. Two-and-a-half and ten escudos also exist with this design.

Recorded mintage: 1,012,000.

Specification: 7 g, .650 fine silver, .146 troy oz ASW, 25 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-581; Gomes-35.03.

Source:

  • 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.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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