2 Euros 25th of April bridge

Features

Issuer	Portugal
Period	Third Republic (1974-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Year	2016
Value	2 Euros 2 EUR = USD 2.30
Currency	Euro (2002-date)
Composition	Bimetallic: mosiądz niklowy clad nikiel centre in miedzionikiel ring
Weight	8.5 g
Diameter	25.75 mm
Thickness	2.2 mm
Shape	Okrągły
Technique	Frezowana
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 87329
References	KM# 866 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 361 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

50. rocznica mostu 25 kwietnia Automatically translated

Obverse

(en) The design depicts the image of the bridge. At the top right is the inscription ‘PORTUGAL’. At the bottom right are the inscriptions ‘PONTE’, ‘25 DE ABRIL’, ‘1966’, and ‘2016’, one below the other. At the bottom left is the mintmark ‘INCM’ and at the bottom center is the name of the designer ‘JOSÉ AURÉLIO’. The coin’s outer ring bears the 12 stars of the European Union.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
PORTUGAL
PONTE
25 DE ABRIL
1966
2016
INCM
JOSÉ AURÉLIO

Engraver: José Aurélio

Reverse

Obok nominału znajduje się mapa przedstawiająca kontynent europejski bez granic. Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering: 2 EURO LL

Engraver: Luc Luycx

Edge

Drobno prążkowany z siedmioma zamkami i pięcioma herbami Automatically translated

Mint

INCM	Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda, Lisbon, Portugal

Comments

(en) The coin dedicated to a suspension bridge connecting the city of Lisbon (Portugal), to the municipality of Almada on the left (south) bank of the Tagus river. It has a total length of 2,277 metres (7,470 ft), making it the 46th longest suspension bridge in the world.

From its inauguration on 6 August 1966 up to 1974, the bridge was named Salazar Bridge (Ponte Salazar), after Portuguese Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar, who ordered its construction. After the Carnation Revolution, which overthrew the remnants of Salazar's regime, the bridge was renamed for April 25, the date of the revolution.

Later changes had to be made due to the rapid increase in population. In the 1990s, a fifth car lane was added, and in 1999, a lower deck, used as a railway track, which was planned since the beginning, was finally built.[4] Today, the upper deck carries six car lanes while the lower deck carries a double track railway, electrified at 25 kV AC.

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Date	Mintage	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
2016 INCM	500 000	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 3.50	$ 3.80	$ 3.80		97%
2016 INCM	4 860					$ 13	(en) BU set	3%
2016 INCM	3 530					$ 20	(en) Proof	2%

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