{"title":"Portugal","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"portugal-km-607-25-escudos-1978-vf-very-fine-or-better","title":"Portugal KM#607 25 Escudos 1977 or 1978 VF Very Fine or Better—Female Laureate Allegory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou will receive a coin of the design shown in Very Fine or better condition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIssuer\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePortugal  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePeriod\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThird Republic (1974-date)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eType\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eStandard circulation coins\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eYears\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e1977-1978\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eValue\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e25 Escudos (25 PTE)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCurrency\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEscudo (1911-2001)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eComposition\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCopper-nickel\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWeight\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e9.5 g\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDiameter\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e26.25 mm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThickness\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e2.4 mm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eShape\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRound\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTechnique\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMilled\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eOrientation\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCoin alignment ↑↓\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDemonetized\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eYes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNumista\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eN#2383\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eReferences\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eKM# 607, Gomes# R 53\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFront: \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"293\" data-start=\"274\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-end=\"593\" data-start=\"296\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"360\" data-start=\"296\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"360\" data-start=\"298\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"320\" data-start=\"298\"\u003eShield of Portugal\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem data-end=\"330\" data-start=\"322\"\u003eescudo\u003c\/em\u003e), the national coat of arms\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"420\" data-start=\"361\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"420\" data-start=\"363\"\u003eAbove: \u003cstrong data-end=\"394\" data-start=\"370\"\u003eREPÚBLICA PORTUGUESA\u003c\/strong\u003e (“Portuguese Republic”)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"593\" data-start=\"421\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"593\" data-start=\"423\"\u003eTo the right\/below: \u003cstrong data-end=\"457\" data-start=\"443\"\u003e25 ESCUDOS\u003c\/strong\u003e — the denomination\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"622\" data-start=\"595\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"620\" data-start=\"602\"\u003eReverse (back)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-end=\"966\" data-start=\"623\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"686\" data-start=\"623\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"686\" data-start=\"625\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"672\" data-start=\"625\"\u003eHead laureate (female allegorical portrait)\u003c\/strong\u003e facing left\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"744\" data-start=\"687\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"744\" data-start=\"689\"\u003eLegend \u003cstrong data-end=\"720\" data-start=\"696\"\u003eLIBERDADE DEMOCRACIA\u003c\/strong\u003e (“Freedom Democracy”)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"966\" data-start=\"745\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"966\" data-start=\"747\"\u003eMint year (e.g., \u003cem data-end=\"770\" data-start=\"764\"\u003e1986\u003c\/em\u003e) with engraver credit \u003cstrong data-end=\"812\" data-start=\"793\"\u003eNORTE D’ALMEIDA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"815\" data-start=\"812\"\u003eThis depicts an idealized personification of liberty and democracy, typical of Portuguese coinage of that perio\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51741323559223,"sku":"PTKM607VFP","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/KM607r.jpg?v=1772550016"},{"product_id":"portugal-km-624-25-escudos-1984-vf-intl-year-of-disabled-antonio-feliciano-de-castilho","title":"Portugal KM#624 25 Escudos 1984 VF—Intl Year of Disabled—António Feliciano de Castilho","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA blind poet on a coin for the disabled. Portugal didn’t just commemorate the year — it chose its subject carefully.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCoin Characteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVarieties:\u003c\/strong\u003e Single variety\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eObverse:\u003c\/strong\u003e Coat of arms of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portugal\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePortugal\u003c\/a\u003e; engraved by Marcelino Norte de Almeida\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReverse:\u003c\/strong\u003e Portrait of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ant%C3%B3nio_Feliciano_de_Castilho\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAntónio Feliciano de Castilho\u003c\/a\u003e, ¼ left, legend above; engraved by Armando Matos Simões\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Copper-nickel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDiameter:\u003c\/strong\u003e 28.5 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThickness:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.25 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShape:\u003c\/strong\u003e Round\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdge:\u003c\/strong\u003e Reeded\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrientation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Coin alignment ↑↓\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMint:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imprensa_Nacional_-_Casa_da_Moeda\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eINCM\u003c\/a\u003e (Imprensa Nacional – Casa da Moeda, Lisbon)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommemorative issue:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Year_of_Disabled_Persons\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eInternational Year of Disabled Persons\u003c\/a\u003e 1981\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demonetization_(currency)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDemonetized\u003c\/a\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReferences:\u003c\/strong\u003e KM# 624, Gomes# R 57\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMintage:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1,990,000\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCurrency:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portuguese_escudo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEscudo\u003c\/a\u003e (1911–2001)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCountry:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portugal\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePortugal\u003c\/a\u003e — \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Third_Portuguese_Republic\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThird Republic\u003c\/a\u003e (1974–date)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Portugal\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCapital:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lisbon\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLisbon\u003c\/a\u003e (city ~550,000; metro ~2.9 million)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePopulation:\u003c\/strong\u003e ~10.2 million (UN 2023) — similar to Michigan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArea:\u003c\/strong\u003e 92,212 km² (35,603 mi²) — similar to Indiana\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGDP per capita at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Purchasing_power_parity\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePPP\u003c\/a\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e ~$40,000 USD (IMF 2024) — ranks ~46th out of 193 globally\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMain exports:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vehicles, machinery, refined petroleum, footwear, wine, cork\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBorders:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spain\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSpain\u003c\/a\u003e (only land border); Atlantic Ocean to the west and south\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial languages:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portuguese_language\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePortuguese\u003c\/a\u003e (~100%)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpoken languages:\u003c\/strong\u003e also include \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Verdean_Creole\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCape Verdean Creole\u003c\/a\u003e (~250,000), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kimbundu_language\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKimbundu\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kikongo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKikongo\u003c\/a\u003e (~200,000 Angolan community), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fula_language\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFula\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Balanta_language\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBalanta\u003c\/a\u003e (~50,000 Guinea-Bissau community)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSovereignty:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prehistoric_Iberia\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePre-Roman peoples\u003c\/a\u003e: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lusitanians\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLusitanians\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Celts_in_Portugal\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCelts\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phoenicia\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePhoenician\u003c\/a\u003e\/\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ancient_Carthage\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCarthaginian\u003c\/a\u003e coastal settlements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hispania\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRoman Hispania\u003c\/a\u003e (~200 BC – 5th century AD)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suebi\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSuebi\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Visigoths\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVisigoth\u003c\/a\u003e kingdoms (5th–8th century)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al-Andalus\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMoorish Al-Andalus\u003c\/a\u003e (711–~1249, with gradual \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reconquista\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eReconquista\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/County_of_Portugal\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCounty of Portugal\u003c\/a\u003e (868–1139)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Portugal\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKingdom of Portugal\u003c\/a\u003e (1139–1910)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Portuguese_Republic\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFirst Republic\u003c\/a\u003e (1910–1926)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estado_Novo_(Portugal)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEstado Novo\u003c\/a\u003e dictatorship (1933–1974)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Third_Portuguese_Republic\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThird Republic\u003c\/a\u003e (1974–date) — \u003cem\u003ethis coin issued during this period\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePortugal Unfiltered\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePortugal is the oldest nation-state in Europe with borders that have remained almost unchanged since 1139 — nearly 900 years without a border change.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carnation_Revolution\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCarnation Revolution\u003c\/a\u003e of 1974 was one of the most peaceful coups in history — soldiers put carnations in their rifle barrels, and not a single person was killed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePortugal once controlled the largest empire in history by geographic spread, with territories on every inhabited continent simultaneously.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCork oak forests cover about a third of Portugal’s land — the country produces over half the world’s cork, and by law the trees cannot be cut down.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe blind man who read everything\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAntónio Feliciano de Castilho went blind at six. \u003cstrong\u003eBy the time he died in 1885, he had written poetry, translated Ovid and Virgil, founded schools for the blind, and developed a system to teach reading by touch.\u003c\/strong\u003e He did more sighted than most people do with full vision — and more for the blind than almost anyone in 19th-century Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePortugal put him on this coin not as a symbol but as an argument: that disability is not the end of a story. \u003cstrong\u003eThe reverse inscription says it plainly — \u003cem\u003eTrabalho. Reabilitação.\u003c\/em\u003e Work. Rehabilitation.\u003c\/strong\u003e Two words. No sentimentality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA year that came three years late\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe UN’s International Year of Disabled Persons was 1981. Portugal struck this coin in 1984. \u003cstrong\u003eThe delay doesn’t diminish it — if anything, it suggests the decision was deliberate rather than rushed.\u003c\/strong\u003e Nearly two million were minted and circulated, passing through hands that may never have known who Castilho was, or why he mattered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinding one in VF — with the portrait detail and the legend still legible — means finding one that survived pocket change with its story intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eOwn this quiet argument in copper-nickel\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA coin that chose its subject with care, struck by a young democracy still learning what it wanted to say. \u003cstrong\u003eCastilho blind, Portugal newly free, and a UN declaration that the world owed disabled people more than pity.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWork. Rehabilitation. Two words on a coin. Still true.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51856747069751,"sku":"PTKM624VF","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/KM624r.jpg?v=1775183444"}],"url":"https:\/\/worldmoneystore.com\/collections\/portugal.oembed","provider":"World Money Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}