PORTUGAL 

KM 636

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
50 escudos 31.0 9.4   Reeded Copper-Nickel Medal
Obverse Reverse

Inscriptions along the rim: title of state in Portuguese. In the center: coat of arms, the year of minting, below - face value.

Image of sailing ship.

The spanish-moorish vessel 15 century. This image is taken from the ceramic vase made in Malaga per 1425-1430 and stored the Museum of Victoria and Albert in London.