Portugal 1960 20 escudos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

In 1910, Portugal, having ousted her king, dropped the réis and adopted the escudo, divided into 100 centavos. The specimen shown is from a commemorative set of five, ten and twenty escudos issued on the 400th anniversary of Prince Henry the Navigator. Tho this prince did not participate in any voyages of exploration, he funded and directed them and collected the resulting knowledge. Portugal, then under the dictatorship of Antonio Salazar, issued commemoratives to honor those safely dead.

Recorded mintage: 200,000.

Specification: 21 g, 0.800 fine silver, .540 troy oz ASW, 34 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 589, Gomes-50.01.

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.

Link to:

• 1960 50 centavos
• 1960 5 escudos, Henry the Navigator
• 1960 10 escudos, Henry the Navigator
• 1968 50 escudos
• 1966 20 escudos, Salazar bridge
• Coins and currency dated 1960
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