Portugal 1979 1 escudo

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown is the final date of a type struck in Portugal 1969-79. The denomination was terminated in 1986, inflation having rendered it worthless. All the dates are common. The succeeding type was reduced in size.

Recorded mintage: 14,241,325.

Specification: 8 g, bronze, 26 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 597, Gomes 26.12.

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:

• 1973 escudo
• 1978 10 centavos
• 1982 1 escudo
• Coins and currency dated 1979
• return to Portugal