Portugal 1996 200 escudos KM-692

Stack's Bowers November 2025 Collectors Choice sale, part of lot 78371

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 is one of many NCLT's issued to celebrate the glories of Portugal's past. It was struck in copper-nickel (KM 692), silver (KM 692a), gold (KM 692b) and platinum (KM 692c). 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 10,496 in silver plus 1,270 in gold plus 1,000 in platinum.

Specification: KM 692: 21 g, copper-nickel, 36 mm diameter; KM 692a: 26.5 g, 0.925 fine silver; KM 692b: 27.2 g, 0.97 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM 692 (copper-nickel), KM 692a (silver), KM 691b (gold), KM 691c (platinum).

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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