Portugal 1942 2-1/2 escudos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown is from a type struck for Portugal 1932-33, 1937, 1940-48 and 1951. The handsome caravel was also used on five and ten escudos coins. When the issue of 2½ escudos resumed in 1963, it was a copper-nickel coin.

Recorded mintage: 3,846,945, a rather common date.

Specification: 3.5 g, .650 fine silver, .073 troy oz ASW, reeded edge, 20.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 580, Gomes-30.05.

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.

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• 1940 2½ escudos
• 1942 10 escudos
• 1943 2½ escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1942
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