Heritage Auctions’ ongoing Showcase series featuring scarce and sought-after Brazilian and Portuguese rarities continues with part IV of A Special Presentation of Brazilian and Portuguese Coins and Bank Notes, which includes fine examples of both coins and paper money. Rarely are we able to offer both facets of numismatics in the same auction, and here […]
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By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ….. Portugal, a small, narrow country on the Atlantic coast of the Iberian peninsula … was created during the Christian reconquest of the peninsula from the Moors. Unlike other lands that eventually became Spain, Portugal asserted and maintained its independence, emerging at the end of the Middle Ages as a […]
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The Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda (INCM) has launched a new collector coin series which focuses on one of Portugal’s greatest national attractions, Portuguese cuisine
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The Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda (INCM) has launched a new collector coin series which focuses on one of Portugal’s greatest national attractions, Portuguese cuisine
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The Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (INCM) has released new silver Proof coins which are part of the annual Ibero-American series, now in its 12th year
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The Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (INCM) has released new silver Proof coins which are part of the annual Ibero-American series, now in its 12th year
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The Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (INCM) has released new silver Proof coins which are part of the annual Ibero-American series, now in its 12th year
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The Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (INCM) has released new silver Proof coins which are part of the annual Ibero-American series, now in its 12th year
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The Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (INCM) has released new silver Proof coins which are part of the annual Ibero-American series, now in its 12th year
The Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda has released new coins which are in honour of one of the country’s most prominent architects — Eduardo Elísio Machado Souto de Moura. Born in the city of Porto in 1952, the country’s second largest city after Lisbon, he is better known as Eduardo Souto de Moura, and was the recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2011 and the Wolf Prize in Arts in 2013
The Impresa Nacional Casa da Moeda (INCM) has launched a new series of collector coins whose focus will be on the endangered flora once prevalent in Portugal and on the Iberian Peninsula in general. The series concentrates not only on the flora which is under threat but on the threatened species of fauna as well
The Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda (INCM) have announced (14th November) they are releasing three new collector coins which are part of the two-coin series “National Sport Heroes” commemorating personalities which achieved outstanding performances in their fields and who have left their mark close to the Portuguese nation as well as internationally. The new coins are also the second and last coin of the program, thus completing the series
The Impresa Nacional Casa da Moeda (INCM) have announced (14th November) they are releasing a new commemorative €2 coin in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Raul Brandão (1867–1930), a Portuguese writer, journalist, and military man noted for the realism of his literary descriptions and the lyricism of his language. As he was born in 1867 into a family of sailors, the ocean and sailors were often referenced in his work
By Central Bank of Portugal ….. On October 24, the Central Bank of Portugal (Banco de Portugal) entered into circulation two collection coins: “The Age of Iron and Glass” and “Caretos de Trás-os-Montes“. The Iron and Glass cupro-nickel coin has a face value of €5 and is part of the ‘Europa‘ series. The Caretos de […]
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The Imprensa Nacional–Casa do Moeda (INCM) have unveiled (6th September) a new coin which intends to focus on the country’s youth with a design personally created by a youngster.
According to the INCM, the demographics of collectors in the numismatic market is growing older
The Imprensa Nacional–Casa do Moeda (INCM) have unveiled (6th September) a new coin which intends to focus on the country’s youth with a design personally created by a youngster.
According to the INCM, the demographics of collectors in the numismatic market is growing older
The Impresa Nacional Casa da Moeda have issued on the 9th August their latest coin in the fascinating series “Queens of Europe,” which includes many of the royal brides who married into some of Europe’s most influential and important ruling dynasties. The latest coin tells the story of Queen Maria Bárbara de Bragança, who was the consort of King Fernando VI of Spain
The Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda or INCM have issued (5th May) a new coin commemorating the Fatima Santuary as part of the celebration of the centenary of the Apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima. The anniversary has not only significant socio-cultural relevance in Portugal but also international support throughout the Catholic world
The Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda or INCM have issued (5th May) a new coin commemorating the Fatima Santuary as part of the celebration of the centenary of the Apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima. The anniversary has not only significant socio-cultural relevance in Portugal but also international support throughout the Catholic world
By Coinweek …. CoinWeek News Wire for November 25, 2016 Brain Food 1.) Q&A: Erik Goldstein Erik J. Goldstein is the senior curator of mechanical arts and numismatics at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and has been in this position since 2002. A student of military history and numismatics, he has lectured widely and instructs a three-year […]
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On November 15, the Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda (or INCM) issued the latest coin in their popular series entitled “Ethnographic Treasures,” which focuses on the country’s rich historical and cultural treasures and national traditions. The latest coin in the series features the town of Barcelos, which is located in the northern part of Portugal
By Central Bank of Portugal ….. The Central Bank of Portugal (Banco de Portugal) will put a cupronickel-alloy collector coin into circulation from 15 November 2016 entitled ‘O Figurado de Barcelos’ (Barcelos sculpted figures), within the ‘Portuguese Ethnography’ series. The coins have a face value of €2.50. The new circulating commemoratives will be distributed to […]
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On October 12 the Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda (INCM) launched a new coin series that will highlight various endangered wildlife species in the region and the conservation efforts to preserve them. (Scroll down for more about this remarkable animal
By Central Bank of Portugal ….. The Central Bank of Portugal (Banco de Portugal) will put a cupronickel-alloy collector coin into circulation starting 13 September 2016, with a face value of €5, entitled ‘D. Catarina de Bragança’ (Catherine of Brazanga), within the ‘Queens of Europe series’. The coin will be distributed to the public through […]
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The Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda has launched (29 August) the latest coin in a series entitled, “Queens of Europe,” which chronicles Princesses of Portuguese Royal Houses who have attained the status of Queen consort through marriage to European monarchs. This year’s coin is dedicated to Catherine of Braganza (1638 – 1705), who was Queen Consort of England as the wife of King Charles II
By Central Bank of Portugal ….. On July 19, the Central Bank of Portugal (Banco de Portugal) will issue a bimetallic commemorative coin with a face value of €2, entitled ‘50 Anos da Ponte 25 de Abril’ (50 Years of the April 25 Bridge). The €2 commemorative coin will be distributed to the public […]
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The Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda (INCM) has unveiled new gold and silver coins as part of the EUROPA star numismatic program. This year’s theme focuses on 20th century European design; Portugal’s contribution to this popular series focuses on the celebrated literary artist José Sobral de Almada Negreiros (1893 – 1970)
The Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda (INCM) has launched the issue of a new coin marking the inauguration of the Banco de Portugal’s Money Museum. This new purpose-renovated museum is located in the center of Lisbon in the former Church of St
The Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda (INCM) has issued its first coin dedicated to the upcoming summer Olympiad planned for next year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It will be the first time in the history of the modern Olympic games that they will be staged on the South American continent
The Imprensa Nacional Casa do Moeda or, INCM has issued a new collector coin which celebrates the 35th anniversary of the country’s National Health Service, the Serviço Nacional de Saúde which was inaugurated on the 15th September 1979. The service was formed as a means to preserving the right to the protection of individual and collective health and ensuring access to health care for all citizens, regardless of their socioeconomic status
The Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda (INCM) have launched their latest collector coin which marks both Portugal’s anniversary as a Republic and 100 years since the country’s first commemorative coin was issued. The inventive coin has a range of unique technical and visual features which includes a gold disc set into the rim of a larger silver disc using an innovative minting process
The Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda (INCM) have announced the issue of two new commemorative coins which celebrate the 100th anniversary of military aviation in Portugal.
The design of the coins recalls the history of military aviation, evoking on its obverse the early pioneering days, with a seaplane flying over the ocean and, on the reverse, an F16 fighter overflying land on a mission
The Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda (INCM) have launched two new coins which begin a new series entitled “Portuguese Ethnographic Treasures”. The series looks to feature various elements of Portuguese life and aspects of its rich and unique culture