2.50 Euros Fado; copper-nickel

Features

Issuer	Portugal
Period	Third Republic (1974-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Year	2008
Value	2.50 Euros 2.50 EUR = USD 2.88
Currency	Euro (2002-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel
Weight	10 g
Diameter	28 mm
Thickness	2.15 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Issued	3 May 2008
Number	N# 9131
References	KM# 783 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

Cultural heritage - Fado

Series: Europa Star

Obverse

Portugal's coat of arms and a plucked string instrument. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
2008 2,50 EURO
REPÚBLICA PORTUGUESA

Engraver: Vítor Manuel Fernandes dos Santos

Reverse

Female singer of fado, a Portuguese musical genre that emerged around 1820 or 1840. It takes the form of a melancholy song, generally accompanied by plucked string instruments. The fado singer or fadist (fadista) generally exploits recurring themes: saudade, unfulfilled love, jealousy, nostalgia for the dead and the past, the difficulty of living, grief, exile... This song was first sung in the slums before reaching the bourgeoisie. Fado was Portugal's national song under the dictator Salazar. The word fado comes from the Latin fatum, meaning "fate". Automatically translated

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Chanteuse de fado, genre musical portugais qui est apparu vers les années 1820 ou 1840. Il prend la forme d'un chant mélancolique généralement accompagné par des instruments à cordes pincées. Le chanteur de fado ou fadiste (fadista) exploite en général des thèmes récurrents : la saudade, l’amour inaccompli, la jalousie, la nostalgie des morts et du passé, la difficulté à vivre, le chagrin, l’exil... Ce chant fut d'abord chanté dans les quartiers mal famés avant d'atteindre la bourgeoisie. Le fado fut le chant national du Portugal à l'époque du dictateur Salazar. Le mot fado vient du latin fatum, qui signifie « destin ».

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PATRIMÓNIO CULTURAL
o fado
INCM VITOR SANTOS

Engraver: Vítor Manuel Fernandes dos Santos

Edge

Reeded like II II II II

Mint

INCM	Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda, Lisbon, Portugal

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
2008 INCM			99 162					$ 2.90	$ 3.60	$ 3.60

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