Portugal 1984 250 escudos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This NCLT was struck by Portugal to promote a fisheries conference sponsored by the FAO in 1983-84. It is not common. The 250 escudos was first struck in 1976 and was used for various commemoratives until 1989. The FAO's promotion of fishing was too successful and fish stocks in the Atlantic, particularly cod and sardines, have fallen substantially.

Recorded mintage: 200,000 in copper-nickel plus 8,000 in sterling silver.

Specification: KM 626: copper-nickel, 37 mm diameter; KM 626a: 23 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 626 or KM 626a.

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:

• 1983 2½ escudos
• 1983 5 escudos
• 1983 25 escudos, F.A.O.
• 1983 500 escudos, XVII Exposição Europeia de Arte Ciência e Cultura
• 1983 750 escudos, XVII Exposição Europeia de Arte Ciência e Cultura
• 1983 1000 escudos, XVII Exposição Europeia de Arte Ciência e Cultura
• 1984 escudo
• 1984 2½ escudos
• 1984 5 escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1984