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2 Euro (250th Anniversary Of The Botanical Garden Of Ajuda)

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Name: 2 Euro (250th anniversary of the Botanical Garden of Ajuda)
Country: Portugal
Series: 2002~Today - 2nd Republic (Euro) Commemoratives 2 €
Theme: Anniversaries and Jubilees, Botanists
Issue on: 2018
Last Issue: 2018
Distribution: Circulating Commemorative
Mint: Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda, Portugal
Composition: Bimetallic
Composition details: core: 75% copper,20% zinc 5% nickel ring: 75% koper, 25% nickel
Face value: 2

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Currency: € - Euro
Diameter (millimeters): 25.70
Thickness (millimeters): 2.00
Weight (grams): 8.50
Edge: Lettered (reeded)
Mintage: 520000
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑O↑
Rim: Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
Shape: Circular
Subject: 250th Anniversary of the Botanical Garden of Ajuda
Description:

The coin commemorates the "250 Years of the Botanical Garden of Ajuda" created by the Marquis of Pombal in the year of 1768, becoming the first in Lisbon. The design is the work of J. Fazenda and shows an exotic tree in the botanical garden, under which the inscriptions "J. Fazenda "e" INCM "corresponding to the designer and the Portuguese mint. Around the central design we find the inscription on the motive to commemorate: "250 YEARS JARDIM BOTANICO DA AJUDA", the design is completed with the name of the issuing country and the year of coinage "PORTUGAL 2018" at the bottom.

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