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20 Centavos Casa da Moeda
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda de Portugal |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 20 Centavos (0.20 PTE) |
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| Obverse lettering | CASA DA MOEDA VINTE CENTAVOS CUPRO-NÍQUEL LEI Nº 1297 DE 4 DE AGOSTO DE 1922 O ADMINISTRADOR GERAL 20 (Translation: MINT TWENTY CENTAVOS CUPRO-NICKEL LAW Nº 1297 OF AUGUST 4, 1922 THE ADMINISTRATOR GENERAL 20) |
| Reverse description | Central vignette shows a Portuguese caravel under full sail on open seas against a rising sun, evoking the Age of Discovery. At left stands an allegorical female figure of the Republic in classical robes, holding a shield bearing the Portuguese cross and a raised torch, with the national arms on a pedestal at lower left. At right, within a circular cartouche, two kneeling mariners are engaged in celestial navigation, the entire composition enclosed within a dense intaglio border with denomination numerals '20' in ornamental roundels at upper left and right corners. |
| Reverse lettering | REPÚBLICA PORTUGUESA 20 20 VINTE CENTAVOS (Translation: PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC 20 20 TWENTY CENTAVOS) |
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