fwo_380427 - PORTUGAL 20 Escudos Pont Salazar de Lisbonne 1966
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Type : 20 Escudos Pont Salazar de Lisbonne
Date: 1966
Quantity minted : 2000000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 650 ‰
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10 g.
Edge : striée
Obverse
Obverse legend : 20 / ESCUDOS.
Obverse description : Écu du Portugal.
Reverse
Reverse legend : REPUBLICA - PORTUGUESA // 1966 // LISBOA // PONTE / SALAZAR.
Reverse description : Pont Salazar.
Commentary
Ce pont est un pont suspendu mixte ferroviaire-routier et traversant le Tage au niveau de son embouchure. Commencé en 1960, il est inauguré en 1966 et baptisé “Pont Salazar”. Suite à la Révolution des oeillets, il est renommé “Pont du 25 avril”.
This bridge is a mixed rail-road suspension bridge crossing the Tagus River at its mouth. Construction began in 1960 and it was inaugurated in 1966 and named the “Salazar Bridge.” Following the Carnation Revolution, it was renamed the “25th of April Bridge.”
This bridge is a mixed rail-road suspension bridge crossing the Tagus River at its mouth. Construction began in 1960 and it was inaugurated in 1966 and named the “Salazar Bridge.” Following the Carnation Revolution, it was renamed the “25th of April Bridge.”
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