2 Euros 25th of April bridge

2 Euros (25th of April bridge) - obverse2 Euros (25th of April bridge) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Portugal
Period Third Republic (1974-date)
Type Circulating commemorative coin
Year 2016
Value 2 Euros
2 EUR = USD 2.17
Currency Euro (2002-date)
Composition Bimetallic: nickel brass clad nickel centre in copper-nickel ring
Weight 8.5 g
Diameter 25.75 mm
Thickness 2.2 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
87329
References KM# 866,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Schön# 361
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

The 50th Anniversary of the 25th of April bridge

Obverse

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: Latin

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

Translation:
Portugal
Bridge
April 25
1966
2016
INCM
José Aurélio

Engraver: José Aurélio

Reverse

A map, next to the face value, shows the European continent without borders.

Script: Latin

Lettering: 2 EURO LL

Engraver: Luc Luycx

Edge

Finely ribbed with seven castles and five coats of arms

2 Euros (25th of April bridge) -  obverse

© Cyrillius

Mint

INCM Lisbon, Portugal

Comments

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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2016 INCM 500 000 $ 2.20 $ 3.30 $ 3.40 $ 3.40 97%
2016 INCM 4 860 $ 11 3% BU set
2016 INCM 3 530 $ 19 2% Proof

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