Portugal 1996 200 escudos KM-690

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Stack's Bowers November 2025 Collectors Choice sale, part of lot 78371
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This specimen was part of lot 78371 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), which sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. Trio of 200 Escudos (3 Pieces), 1996. Lisbon Mint. All PCGS Certified. 1) PCGS PROOF-67 Deep Cameo. KM-690A. Portuguese arrival in China issue. 2) PCGS PROOF-67 Deep Cameo. KM-691A. Portuguese establishment in Macau issue. 3) PCGS PROOF-66 Deep Cameo. KM-692A. Portuguese discovery of Taiwan issue." This commemorative was struck in copper-nickel (KM 690), silver (KM 690a) and gold (KM 690b). We don't think any version actually circulated. The escudo was retired in 1999 when Portugal joined the euro.

Recorded mintage: 750,000 in copper-nickel plus 6,500 Specimens plus 7,961 in silver plus 3,000 in gold.

Specification: KM 690: 21 g, copper-nickel, 36 mm diameter; KM 690a: 26.5 g, 0.925 fine silver; KM 690b: 27.2 g, 0.97 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM 690 (copper-nickel), KM 690a (silver), KM 690b (gold).

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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