Portugal 1966 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 issued to honor the opening of the Salazar bridge over the Tagus river which divides Lisbon. Dictator Antonio de Oliveira Salazar died in 1968 and the Estado Novo collapsed in 1974 in the Carnation Revolution, whereupon the bridge was renamed the 25 de Abril bridge.

Recorded mintage: 2,000,000.

Specification: 10 g, .650 fine silver, .207 troy oz ASW, 30 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 592.

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 20 escudos, Henry the Navigator
• 1966 escudo
• 1966 5 escudos
• 1968 50 escudos
• 1969 2½ escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1966
• return to Portugal
• Wikipedia article on Salazar: [1]