Portugal 1991 200 escudos KM-655
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This specimen was lot 75610 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $45. The catalog description[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. 200 Escudos, 1991-INCM. Imprensa Nacional (Lisbon) Mint. PROOF. Coin of the Year 1991. Housed in original mint packaging." This type was struck in large numbers 1991-2001. This denomination was also used for commemoratives in various metals (KM 658, KM 659).
Recorded mintage: 33,020,000 plus 15,000 proofs.
Specifications: 9.8 g, Bimetallic: copper-nickel center in aluminium bronze ring, 28 mm diameter, segmented reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM-655.
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- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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