Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/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

Promoted File:Portugal 1729 8 Escudos.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:41, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]