Portugal: silver 50-reis of Luis I, 1886 A small coin, with a somewhat plain design, and not quite Mint State. That being said, it has attractive toning and was already slabbed with TrueView images, and this date had a relatively low mintage of 60,000 pieces. And it was fairly cheap. I bought it for less than what the slab alone would have cost me, had I been the one who submitted it. For the money, I thought it was cute, and I didn't have any Portuguese pieces in my collection at the time, so why not? https://www.pcgs.com/cert/80656350 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces25426.html 003950S
Mainly because I'm not a foreign coin guy, although have collected some, as interests are mostly U.S. I do have a 1901 Portugese-Azores 5 Reis in AU. Lastly, and I'll let you off the hook this time as the photo of both slab sides isn't a close-up or otherwise, but remember to hone the habit of shooting the slabbed coin's reverse straight-up, not upside-down...a straight-up label isn't the focus.
I disagree. The slab stays upright both sides... in the slab shot alone. This is useful as a frame of reference when you have coins with rotated dies. If this coin had 45-degree die rotation, would I turn the slab sideways? Nope. Also, bear in mind that mine is primarily a collection of World coins, and most World coins have "medal" alignment. Only US coins tend to have that topsy-turvy "coin" alignment. For the slab shots, and the slab shots alone, an upright label on both sides actually IS my intention.
