2.50 Escudos Alexandre Herculano

Features

Issuer	Portugal
Period	Third Republic (1974-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Year	1977
Value	2.50 Escudos (2.5 PTE)
Currency	Escudo (1911-2001)
Composition	Copper-nickel
Weight	3.5 g
Diameter	20 mm
Thickness	1.6 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	1 October 1998
Number	N# 6071
References	KM# 605 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Gomes# R 32 Alberto Gomes; 1991. Moedas Portuguesas. Associação Numismatica de Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal. , Schön# 64 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

100th Anniversary of the Death of Alexandre Herculano

Series: System 1969-1980

Obverse

Coat of arms of Portugal Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA
* 2$50 *

Engraver: Marcelino Norte de Almeida

Reverse

Portrait of Alexandre Herculano (Portuguese writer and poet) Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CENTENARIO·DA·MORTE·DE·ALEXANDRE·HERCULANO *
1877 1977
incm 1977
M.NORTE SC VLP

Engraver: Marcelino Norte de Almeida

Edge

Reeded

Mint

INCM	Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda, Lisbon, Portugal

Comments

The Proof-Like coins were release in a 3 coin set containing the 2$50, 5$, 25$00 coins.

Images of the Proof-Like Set: (The set does not come originally with the coin in a flip, but due to the hazard nature of the plastic used in the set usually the owners protect the coin with some extra holder)

The original disposition of the coins without posterious extra protection:

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Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (1977) INCM	5 990 000	$ 0.58	$ 0.58	$ 0.58	$ 0.93	$ 0.99	$ 1.30		97%
ND (1977) INCM	10 000						$ 5.80	Proof	3%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 194 Lot 326	15 May 2026	Undetermined	UNC	USD 55.73 (EUR 48.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 184 Lot 785	27 Feb 2026	Undetermined	UNC	USD 30.19 (EUR 26.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 171 Lot 950	10 Oct 2025	Undetermined	UNC	USD 22.06 (EUR 19.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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