Hey mates May I have your input on this coin? It looks too shiny, considering it circulated a bit. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190287225448 This is the very last CC from the portuguese republic (except for the euro period for which I do not care) missing in my collection.
Put on the old buffer wheel, and its value reduced to oblivious bullion I am afraid. It is possible to find nice BU and unmessed with early 20th century coins from Portugal though, I know, because I collected them and still have them.
Do you much about this coin in particular? I have seen it in several shops, in several countries, and VERY often on Ebay. However, Krauser says only 1000 were minted. This sounds utterly inaccurate.
Try http://moedas.org/ instead. I cannot provide a direct link, so you need to keep on clicking along here: Moedas Portuguesas --> República - Escudo --> Comemorativas --> 1914-República Note where it says "tiragem 1.000.000"? Sounds like a million to me. The listed price (€150) seems a little high though, compared to what other catalogs say. Christian
Indeed if it were only 1.000 pieces, we wouldn't see them flowing from Kingdom Come. The 1910-1920 era of Portuguese coins are a darkside specialty for me, I love the designs, the sizes of the coins, and they are comparatively inexpensive compared to most other W. European coins from that era.
