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PORTUGAL 20 CENTAVOS 1925 |
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Portuguese 20 Centavos Depicting the Personification of the Republic as a
Young Lady Obv. Portrait of young lady, personification of Portugal with liberty cap and olive branch. Rev. Legend Around Value, date below / Republica Portuguesa This coin was minted for Portugal, a country with a rich history that rests near the tip of the the Iberian Peninsula. It is the westernmost country of mainland Europe, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east. The coin was minted in the last years of the turbulent and short lived Portuguese First Republic. The Republic Lasted for 16 years following the fall of the monarchy in 1910, and before the coup d'état of 1926, the '28th of May Revolution' and the formation of the Estado Novo or 'new state' under the long dictatorship of António de Oliveira Salazar . |
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Bernardino Machado was
in the first year of his second term as President of Portugal at the time
of this coins minting. Machado, a teacher,
mathematician, and diplomat, was elected President first in 1915. He was
deposed by a military coup in 1917 and lived in exile for a brief time. On
his return he served in a variety of offices and again became president on
the resignation of President Teixeira Gomes. Machado would again be deposed a year later by the coup d'état of 1926, the '28th of May Revolution'. He lived in France until the occupation of that country in 1940 forced him to seek safety in Portugal. He was allowed to return but in isolation until his death at Porto on April 29, 1944, he was 93 years old. Machado served as Minister of Justice, twice the Minister of Foreign Affairs, he was twice the Prime Minister, and he was twice the President of Portugal, the 4th and 8th (and last). |
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