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ECU Customs of Portugal, Port
| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Thickness | 2.7 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central design depicts a traditional longboat laden with port wine barrels, rendered in relief against a plain field. Above the vessel, a blue enamelled crescent encircles a ring of twelve stars, symbolic of the European Community. The legend PORTUGAL is inscribed below the central motif in uppercase Latin characters. |
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| Obverse lettering | PORTUGAL |
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Issued as part of the broader European ECU collector series that circulated among numismatic circles in the late 1990s, this piece commemorates Portugal's maritime trading heritage at a moment of particular irony: 1998 was the final year before the euro rendered the ECU itself obsolete as a notional currency unit, making the entire series a collector artifact almost from inception.