Portugal 1968 50 escudos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown was issued to honor the 500th anniversary of the birth of Pedro Alvares Cabral, the captain who discovered Brazil. Portugal, then under the dictatorship of Antonio Salazar (who died in 1968), issued commemoratives to honor those safely dead.

Recorded mintage: 1,000,000.

Specification: 18 g, .650 fine silver, .376 troy oz ASW, 34 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 593, Gomes-63.01.

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 20 escudos
• 1968 escudo
• 1968 10 centavos
• 1969 2½ escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1968
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