Portugal 1944 1 escudo
This specimen was lot 1634 in Ponterio sale 173 (New York, January 2013), where it sold for $881.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. Escudo, 1944. NGC MS-65. Second lowest mintage of the series. Lustrous and attractive with very light toning." The specimen shown is a rare date of a type struck for Portugal 1927-68. It superseded a silver type struck 1915-16 (KM 564) and in turn was replaced by a smaller bronze coin struck 1969-79. The escudo was retired in 1999 when Portugal joined the euro. The mintage given below must have been largely 1945's as the latter date is much more common.
Recorded mintage: 993,000 for 1944-45.
Specification: 7.5 g, copper-nickel, 26.7 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-578, Gomes-25.09.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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.
- Reis, Lina, Anuário de Numismática, Moedas e notas 2010, 31ª ediçao, Lisbon: Publinummis, Lda, 2009.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio Sale 173: The January NYINC 2013 Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.
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