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2 Euros Botanical garden of Ajuda
| Issuer | Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (INCM) |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The standard European Union reverse design by Luc Luycx depicts a relief map of the European continent without internal national borders, positioned to the left of center within the inner disc. The face value '2 EURO' appears to the right of the map, with the designer's initials 'LL' visible in the field. The outer ring features the twelve stars of the European Union encircling the central design. |
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The Jardim Botânico da Ajuda, established in 1768 under the Marquis of Pombal's directive to modernize Portuguese scientific education, is the oldest botanical garden on the Iberian Peninsula. It was laid out by the Italian botanist Domenico Vandelli, who also founded the natural history museum at the University of Coimbra. The garden survived the catastrophic 1755 Lisbon earthquake only because it was created afterward — though the adjacent Ajuda Palace, begun in 1796, was never completed, leaving the garden permanently overshadowed by an unfinished royal residence.