Portugal 1995 200 escudos KM-684
This specimen was lot 72917 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Santa Ana, CA, May 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. Platinum 200 Escudos, 1995. NGC PROOF-69 ULTRA CAMEO. Reverse: Map and ships with Australia written on bottom of coin. Hard mirror fields with frosted cameo devices. Bright and quite attractive." This NCLT was also issued in copper-nickel, silver and gold.
Recorded mintage: 750,000 in copper-nickel, 20,000 in silver, 13,000 silver proofs, 4,000 in gold and 1,000 in platinum.
Specification: 31.12 g, 0.999 fine platinum for the specimen shown.
Catalog reference: KM 684, Gomes-117.01 (copper-nickel); KM 684a, Gomes-117.02 (26.5 g, 0.925 fine silver); Fr-181, KM 684b, Gomes-117.04 (27.2 g, 0.917 fine gold); Fr-181a, KM 684c, Gomes-117.05 (31.12 g, 0.999 fine platinum).
- 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.
- [1]Ponterio, Rick, et al., The May 2017 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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- return to coins of Portugal