E-auction 149-88370 - fwo_380420 - PORTUGAL 20 Escudos Pont Salazar de Lisbonne 1966

PORTUGAL 20 Escudos Pont Salazar de Lisbonne 1966 AU

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Estimate :	15 €
Price :	12 €
Maximum bid :	13 €
End of the sale :	22 February 2016 17:28:00
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : 20 Escudos Pont Salazar de Lisbonne

Date: 1966

Quantity minted : 2000000

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 650 ‰

Diameter : 29,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 10 g.

Edge : striée

Catalogue references :

Gom.51.01 - KM20/5692

Obverse

Obverse legend : 20 / ESCUDOS.

Obverse description : Écu du Portugal.

Reverse

Reverse legend : REPUBLICA - PORTUGUESA // 1966 // LISBOA // PONTE / SALAZAR.

Reverse description : Pont Salazar.

Commentary

Ce pont est un pont suspendu mixte ferroviaire-routier et traversant le Tage au niveau de son embouchure. Commencé en 1960, il est inauguré en 1966 et baptisé “Pont Salazar”. Suite à la Révolution des oeillets, il est renommé “Pont du 25 avril”.