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8 Euros Football - The Keeper's Save, Gold
| Issuer | Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (INCM) |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Reverse description | A stylized composition depicts a goalkeeper executing a dramatic save, rendered in a bold, modernist graphic style. The central motif shows the goalkeeper's gloved hands and body blocking a shot, with the UEFA Euro 2004 official logo — incorporating a heart and football motif — prominently displayed in the field. A football is shown in the upper right area of the design, suggesting the trajectory of the saved shot. The inscriptions 'TM UEFA Euro 2004 PORTUGAL' appear within the design, along with the engraver's signature 'JOÃO DUARTE' and the mint mark 'INCM' along the lower rim. |
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| Reverse lettering | TM UEFA Euro 2004 PORTUGAL JOÃO DUARTE · INCM |
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Portugal issued this coin as part of a multi-denomination series tied to UEFA Euro 2004, hosted on home soil — the country's first time staging a major international football tournament. The series was produced in gold, silver, and bimetallic variants, with the gold issues carrying the unusual face value of eight euros, a denomination that exists nowhere in Portuguese everyday commerce and was created purely for this commemorative program.
Portugal reached the final, losing 1–0 to Greece in one of the tournament's most notorious upsets.