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10 Escudos Pattern
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda (Portuguese Mint) |
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| Year | 1969-1974 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | A three-masted sailing vessel (carrack) in full sail is depicted in right profile, occupying the central field. The legend REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA arcs around the upper periphery, while the date appears in the lower exergual area. On pattern issues, the incuse word PROVA is struck into the field as a distinguishing mark. The design was executed by engraver Jaime Martins Barata. |
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| Edge | Plain or Reeded |
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Between 1969 and 1974, the Casa da Moeda produced a sequence of pattern strikes for a proposed 10 Escudos redesign — a project that unfolded across the dying years of the Estado Novo regime. Marcello Caetano had replaced the ailing Salazar in 1968, and the mint's pattern activity during this stretch reflects genuine uncertainty about what the coinage of a modernizing authoritarian state should look like. None of these designs entered circulation.
The April 1974 Carnation Revolution effectively ended the program. Whatever designs remained under consideration were rendered politically obsolete within days.