The Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda (INCM) has released new commemorative gold, silver, and base metal coins, which launch a new collector series entitled “Músicos Portugueses” that will feature some of the country’s most well-known and beloved performers. The first coin to launch the series focuses on Jose Afonso (1929–1987), generally regarded as one of […]
Portugal: New silver Proof and colour coins mark 125th anniversary of the Vasco da Gama Aquarium
The Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda (INCM) has released new silver Proof coins marking the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Vasco da Gama Aquarium located at the gates of Lisbon, which functions both as an aquarium and a museum. It is one of the oldest museum aquariums in the world, visited by successive […]
Portugal: New gold and silver Proof coins honours Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a man whose signature saved thousands
The Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda (INCM) have released new commemorative gold, silver, and base metal coins that honour the man who is remembered as having saved the lives of tens of thousands of men, women, and children during the Second World War. Aristides de Sousa Mendes (1885-1954) was working during the outbreak of fighting […]
Portugal: Nation’s postal service celebrates 500th anniversary with new collector coins
The Impresna Nacional Casa da Moeda (INCM) has released new collector coins which are in remembrance of the 500th anniversary of the entity that created Portugal’s national post offices, founded on the 6th November 1520. The establishment of the Correio-Mor do Reino was by royal warrant signed by King Manuel I, who published the charter […]
Portugal: Colour and Proof crown coins launch new series featuring the flavours of Portugal
The Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda (INCM) has launched a new collector coin series which focuses on one of Portugal’s greatest national attractions, Portuguese cuisine. National cuisine has evolved over centuries, and each distinct country has their own specialities which have become synonymous with a particular people or region. Traditions are also passed down from […]
Portugal: Latest Ibero-American coin series focuses on historic trains
The Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (INCM) has released new silver Proof coins which are part of the annual Ibero-American series, now in its 12th year. The multi-national coin series includes the two countries of the Iberian Peninsula, Portugal and Spain, as well as a variety of Latin American countries with a common chosen theme and […]
Portugal: Latest collector coin issued in honour of Portuguese architect and designer Eduardo Souto Moura
The Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda has released new coins which are in honour of one of the country’s most prominent architects — Eduardo Elísio Machado Souto de Moura. Born in the city of Porto in 1952, the country’s second largest city after Lisbon, he is better known as Eduardo Souto de Moura, and was the […]
Portugal: Centenary anniversary of the Armistice of the Great War is remembered on new commemorative coins
The Impresa Nacional Casa da Moeda (INCM) has launched new commemorative coins which are in remembrance of the centenary anniversary of the Armistice of the Great War, later known as World War I. Despite the fact that Portugal’s closest neighbour on the European continent, Spain, was able to remain neutral, the government in Lisbon had […]
Portugal: New “Endangered Flora Species” series launches with the four-leaf clover on silver Proof coin
The Impresa Nacional Casa da Moeda (INCM) has launched a new series of collector coins whose focus will be on the endangered flora once prevalent in Portugal and on the Iberian Peninsula in general. The series concentrates not only on the flora which is under threat but on the threatened species of fauna as well. […]
Portugal: Ongoing numismatic series “Heroes of Sport” continues with latest coin in tribute to Rosa Mota
The Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (INCM) has launched (20th June) their latest coins which are part of their annual series saluting Portuguese sports figures. Continuing the series Ídolos do Desporto (Heroes of Sport), this year the INCM releases a coin designed by the sculptor João Cutileiro that is dedicated to the athlete Rosa Mota, an Olympic […]
