Category Archives: Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda

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Portugal: Latest collector coin issued in honour of Portuguese architect and designer Eduardo Souto Moura

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

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Portugal: Popular “Ethnographic Treasures” Series Continues with Town of Barcelos Featured on New Coin

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

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