Portugal

2016

Commemorative coin

50 years of the first bridge uniting the two riverbanks of the Tejo River

Official Journal of the European Union

The design depicts the image of the bridge. At the top right is the inscription ‘PORTUGAL’. At the bottom right are the inscriptions ‘PONTE’, ‘25 DE ABRIL’, ‘1966’ and ‘2016’, one below the other. At the bottom left is the mintmark ‘INCM’ and at the bottom centre is the name of the designer ‘JOSÉ AURÉLIO’. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

Additional information

The coin shows the central section of the 25th of April Bridge, which first connected the banks of the Tagus in Lisbon. Under the name of the leader of the dictatorship of the so-called Estado Novo, António de Oliveira Salazar, it was inaugurated in 1966 as the "Salazar Bridge", but renamed "Ponte 25 de Abril" after the Carnation Revolution of 25 April 1974. The 2278-metre suspension bridge spans the mouth of the Tagus, the longest river on the Iberian Peninsula (1000 km), into the Atlantic Ocean. The height of the roadways of the double-decker bridge above the water is 70 metres. At the top right - as in the coat of arms of Portugal - the coat of arms is depicted on an armillary sphere.

Edge lettering

Designer