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Portuguese 8 escudo gold coin (1729)

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Original – An eight Portuguese escudo gold coin depicting João V (obv) and the House of Braganza coat of arms (rev). While different denominations of the Portuguese gold escudo were produced from 1722 to 1821, the eight escudo coin was only struck for a fairly brief period (1722 and 1724–30).

Reason

High quality, high EV

Articles in which this image appears

Portuguese escudo, House of Braganza

FP category for this image

Currency/European currency

Creator

Kingdom of Portugal
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History

• Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 19:39, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
• Support – Jobas (talk) 20:09, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 03:54, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
• Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:03, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
• Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 02:20, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Promoted File:Portugal 1729 8 Escudos.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:41, 2 March 2016 (UTC)