Portugal

2008

Commemorative coin

60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Official Journal of the European Union

The inner part of the coin shows the Portuguese coat of arms at the top, above the name of the issuing country (‘PORTUGAL’), the year mark ‘2008’ and a geometric design in the bottom half of the centre. The legend ‘60 ANOS DA DECLARAÇÃO UNIVERSAL DOS DIREITOS HUMANOS’ runs along the edge of the bottom two thirds of the inner ring and is followed by the inscription ‘Esc. J. Duarte INCM’ in very small characters. The outer ring of the coin shows the twelve stars of the European flag.

Additional information

At the session of the United Nations General Assembly held on 10 December 1948 in the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, Resolution217 was adopted with the - legally non-binding - Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Its Article 1 reads: "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights." The coin pays tribute to this resolution and shows, stylised, a group of fifteen people. At the top - as in the coat of arms of Portugal - the coat of arms is depicted on an armillary sphere.

Edge lettering

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