20 Centavos

Features

Issuer	Portugal
Ruling authority	Second Republic (1926-1974)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1969-1974
Value	20 Centavos (0.20 PTE)
Currency	Escudo (1911-2001)
Composition	Bronze (Cu 950 + Sn 30 + Zn 20)
Weight	1.80 g
Diameter	16 mm
Thickness	1.15 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	28 February 2002
Number	N# 3282
References	KM# 595 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes). , Gomes# R 17 Alberto Gomes; 1991. Moedas Portuguesas. Associação Numismatica de Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal.

Series: System 1969-1980

Obverse

The Portuguese shield: five escutcheons forming a cross, each has five dots marking imaginary corners and center of a square.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA
1970

Engraver: Marcelino Norte de Almeida

Reverse

Value above two olive sprigs.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
20
CENTAVOS
M NORTE

Engraver: Marcelino Norte de Almeida

Edge

Plain

Comments

The olive fruit/tree (Binomial name: Olea europaea).

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1969	10 891 000			$ 0.23	$ 0.34	$ 0.57	$ 0.57	$ 2.80		28%
1970	16 120 000		$ 0.23	$ 0.23	$ 0.33	$ 0.68	$ 0.68	$ 2.30		49%
1971	1 933 000			$ 0.31	$ 0.57	$ 0.74	$ 1.10	$ 1.80		18%
1972	16 354 000	$ 0.06	$ 0.20	$ 0.25	$ 0.33	$ 0.45	$ 1.00	$ 1.00		39%
1973	4 900 000			$ 0.23	$ 0.42	$ 0.57	$ 0.80	$ 1.10	exists in medal alignment	22%
1974	26 975 000		$ 0.13	$ 0.23	$ 0.28	$ 0.56	$ 0.70	$ 0.70	exists in medal alignment	49%

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