Coins Celebrating Portuguese Exploration

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Four more.

 

Four more.

 

Five more.

 

Five more

 

The last three.

 

nice coins.

 

Saint Thomas and Prince.
50 escudos 1970, silver .650, weight - 18 g., mintage - 150000 pcs."500th Anniversary of discovery".

 

Guine.
1 escudo 1946. "500th anniversary of discovery".

 

I like the ships on the coins. But I would not put those hats on a retard.

 

Most of the coins shown here I find very attractive, some of them I have ... and that last one is interesting because it celebrates exploration in a particular way. For those who are not familiar with the "Lusíadas": Camões wrote those tales in the mid/late 16c, and they were first published in 1572. When that coin was issued to commemorate the 400th anniversary, Portugal still had a dictatorial regime, but Camões and his most famous publication have been equally celebrated after the 1974 revolution.

Here is another coin that features a Portuguese explorer and writer, Fernão Mendes Pinto. The sea waves are formed by the names of places he went to. Attached is an image of an actual coin; this design image (link) shows them in more detail.

Christian

 

I have some Portugal coins somewhere.

 

Ummm, well I married a beautiful Portuguese girl, so I must get some points, eh?




I don't have any Portuguese coins (yet), but I do have this amazing ol' Portuguese note (from 1942)

 

Sure, but not in a coin forum, hehe. The note is attractive too, and the man who is depicted (Afonso Henriques, the first king of Portugal) can also be found on a €2 coin issued last year. It is primarily about Guimarães, the city where he may have been born about 900 years ago (Guimarães was a European cultural capital last year), but the guy with the Swiss cheese sword is supposed to be him ...

Christian

 

Man, I don't have any Portuguese coins, but the OP set is just wild. Wow. Very impressive coins.

 

Thanks. I think Portugal has a lot of nice coins. I never hear anyone talking about them but I have been quietly assembling a set on my own. I don't know how many coins are in this exploration set but I hope to get them all eventually.

 

You can have up to 44. Unless you want to add the silver, gold etc. issues as well ...

West African Coast 1987/88 (4 issues)
Atlantic Ocean Islands 1989/90 (4)
Discoveries in the Americas 1991/92 (4)
Portugal-Japan 1993 (4)
Tordesilhas/Enrique 1994 (4)
Route of the Spices 1995 (4)
The Far East 1996 (4)
Missionaries 1997 (4)
Sea Route to India 1998 (4)
Brazil/Cabral 1999 (4)
Labrador/Magalhães 2000 (4)

Christian

 

Thanks for the info. I should have most of them once my next shipment arrives.

 

Here are some more that came in the mail recently.

 

Second group.