E-auction 154-92638 - fwo_380426 - PORTUGAL 20 Escudos Pont Salazar de Lisbonne 1966

PORTUGAL 20 Escudos Pont Salazar de Lisbonne 1966 AU

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Estimate :	15 €
Price :	6 €
Maximum bid :	7 €
End of the sale :	28 March 2016 17:18:30
bidders :	3 bidders

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

Catalogue references :

Gom.51.01 - KM20/5692

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.”