Portugal 7½ Euros, 2011

7½ Euros from Portugal. Issued in 2011. Struck in Copper-nickel. Measures 33 mm and weighs 18.5 g.

Obverse

In the center, the cross of the Order of Christ with three dots above, the coat of arms of Portugal and the face value "7,50€". Around the center is the name of the state ":REPÚBLICA::PORUGUESA:", the year, the mint mark "INCM" and the name of Andreia Pereira the engraver, "a pereira".

Reverse

Blazon of King Manuel I of Portugal surrounded by the double legend: outside, "+ I: EMANVEL: R: PORTVGALIE: ALG: VL: IN: A: D: G:" (Manuel I king of Portugal and Algarve, here and abroad in Africa, lord of Guinea); and inside, "C: N: C: ETHIOPIA: ARABIA: PERSIA: I:" (the conquest and navigation and trade of Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia and India).

Edge

Plain