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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 1956449, member: 29751&quot;]Good timing on this thread.&nbsp; I purchased this lovely little unusual denomination coin last Thursday on eBay.&nbsp; She finally arrived today a week later.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; This is a 2 year type coin (1917 and 1919 only), and the denomination of 4 centavos is quite curious for a decimal system.&nbsp; The UK had 4 pence, but that was not in a decimal system.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1919 coin was minted in more than 10 million pieces, but full gem BU examples are hard to hunt down.&nbsp; PCGS has graded 2 in MS65 (this is one of them) and NGC has graded only one in MS65.&nbsp; There are none graded higher by either TPG.&nbsp; A fairly common problem on this issue is a weakly struck lower portion/half of the 1919 date.&nbsp; This example has a nicely struck up date -- and some cool die cracks around the periphery on the side with the left facing woman.</p><p><br /></p><p>The satiny smooth lustrous surfaces are entrancing on this coin in hand.&nbsp; I hope I have captured them in the images.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography-4/1919_Portugal_4Centavo_PCGS_MS65_composite_zps56357a44.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography-4/1919_Portugal_4Centavo_PCGS_MS65_obv_zpsb0bee4a8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography-4/1919_Portugal_4Centavo_PCGS_MS65_rev_zps9f6f0197.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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