50 Escudos Vasco da Gama

Features

Issuer	Portugal
Period	Second Republic (1926-1974)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Value	50 Escudos (50 PTE)
Currency	Escudo (1911-2001)
Composition	Silver (.650)
Weight	18 g
Diameter	34 mm
Thickness	2.1 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 13026
References	KM# 598 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Gomes# R64 Alberto Gomes; 1991. Moedas Portuguesas. Associação Numismatica de Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal. , Schön# 57 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

500th Anniversary of birth of Vasco da Gama

Series: System 1969-1980

Obverse

The arms of Portugal with the country name at the top and the value below

Script: Latin

Lettering:
República-Portuguesa
50$00

Translation:
Portuguese Republic
50 Escudos

Engraver: Álvaro Lucas

Reverse

A stylized portrait of Vasco da Gama facing left

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Vasco da Gama 1469-1969

A. LUCAS

Engraver: Álvaro Lucas

Edge

Edge lettering orientation varies.

Lettering: V CENTENARIO DE VASCO DA GAMA

Translation: Fifth centenary of Vasco da Gama

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Date	Mintage	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
?	1 000 000	$ 28	$ 28	$ 29	$ 32		97%
?	400					Matte	2%

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Numista Rarity index: 11 Search tips

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Bullion value: USD 25.71 Search tips

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Actual silver weight: 0.376 oz

Current silver price: 68.34 USD/oz (see silver price

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 188 Lot 497	27 Mar 2026	Undetermined	UNC	USD 25.44 (EUR 22.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 174 Lot 953	15 Nov 2025	Undetermined	UNC	USD 54.34 (EUR 47.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 171 Lot 947	10 Oct 2025	Undetermined	UNC	USD 13.87 (EUR 12.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 141 Lot 2276	25 Oct 2024	Undetermined	UNC	USD 23.12 (EUR 20.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 86 Lot 1007	10 Jun 2023	Undetermined	UNC	USD 17.34 (EUR 15.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 63 Lot 1788	26 Jul 2022	Undetermined	UNC	USD 11.56 (EUR 10.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 136 Lot 2093	28 Aug 2024	Undetermined	AU	USD 13.87 (EUR 12.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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