Portugal 1943 5 escudos
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This specimen was lot 74471 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. 5 Escudos, 1943. Lisbon Mint. NGC MS-64. An impressive and handsome near-Gem, this glowing and wholesome example yields much eye appeal and tremendous charm." This type was struck 1932-34, 1937, 1940-43, 1946-48 and 1951. The handsome caravel was also used on 2½ and ten escudos coins.
Recorded mintage: 1,354,000, a better date.
Specification: 6.70 g, 0.650 fine silver, 28.4 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-581.
- 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, November 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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