Portugal - Attractive, Large collection Portugese coins. 10 Reis up to and including 250 Escudos. more then 180 different coins incl silver, several pieces in amazing quality! The total number is higher than 180 pieces possibly a few coins are double in the lot. Please have a look at our other Catawiki auction lots for more coin collections. and/or add us to your favourites to find our future auction lots easily. Bid with confidence. AG-Worldcoins, over 7000 lots sold on Catawiki. High feedback score. Please evaluate this lot with reference to the images provided. Will be sent with track and trace. I charge only 1x shipping costs when you buy multiple lots in the same auction. You are welcome to bid on my other items: https://veiling.catawiki.nl/aanbod/hamaca Extra info The Portuguese Republic, located in the western part of the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe, has an area of 35,553 sq. mi. (92,080 sq. km.). Capital: Lisbon. Portugal’s economy is based on agriculture, tourism, minerals, fisheries and a rapidly expanding industrial sector. Textiles account for 33% of the exports and Portuguese wine is world famous. Portugal has become Europe’s number one producer of copper and the world’s largest producer of cork. After centuries of domination by Romans, Visigoths and Moors, Portugal emerged in the 12th century as an independent kingdom financially and philosophically prepared for the great period of exploration that would soon follow. Attuned to the inspiration of Prince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460), Portugal’s daring explorers of the15th and 16th centuries roamed the 1903 world’s oceans from Brazil to Japan in an unprecedented burst of energy and endeavor that culminated in 1494 with Portugal laying claim to half the transoceanic world. Unfortunately for the fortunes of the tiny kingdom, the Portuguese population was too small to colonize this vast territory. Less than a century after Portugal laid claim to half the world, English, French and Dutch trading companies had seized the lion’s share of the world’s colonies and commerce, and Portugal’s place as an imperial power was lost forever. The monarchy was overthrown in 1910 and a republic was established. On April 25, 1974, the government of Portugal was seized by a military junta which reached agreements providing for independence for the Portuguese overseas provinces of Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau), Mozambique, Cape Verde Islands, Angola, and St. Thomas and Prince Islands (Sao Tome and Principe). On January 1, 1986, Portugal became the eleventh member of the European Economic Community and in the first half of 1992 held its first EEC Presidency. RULERS Carlos I, 1889-1908 Manuel II, 1908-1910 Republic, 1910 to date MONETARY SYSTEM Beginning in 1836 all coins were expressed in terms of Reis and arranged in a decimal sequence (until 1910). Commencing 1910 100 Centavos = 1 Escudo