Help with a date and value on this euro please

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  1. kelleef

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  3. chrisild

    chrisild Coin Collector

    That is a Portuguese 5 cent coin, and it looks like a circulated one. Thus the value is probably 5 cent, or about 6.5 US cents. ;) Cannot recognize the year in your image, but if you have the coin, just look at the bottom of the country-specific side. The four digits of the year are separated by the five shields. Here for example is a 2002 piece: http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/images/image8410.gif Mintage of the 2002 issue was 235 million ...

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  4. kelleef

    kelleef Member

    I don't have the coin in hand but tyvm for the info
     
  5. jester3681

    jester3681 Exonumia Enthusiast

    I think it's a 2005 - date looks like it's at the bottom of the reverse in the picture.
     
  6. chrisild

    chrisild Coin Collector

    If it's a 2005 piece (see my reply #2 regarding the location of the date), then the mintage is "only" 30 million. But still, even in unc such a piece would be worth less than half a euro. The design is interesting though - all Portuguese euro and cent circulation coins show seals/documents from the times of Afonso Henriques, from the 12th century.

    Christian
     
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