Portugal Coins 25 Escudos 1981
Obverse: left from the centre Portuguese Coat of Arms, right from it face value: 25; below: ESCUDOS (escudo); above in two lines: REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA (Republic of Portugal).
Reverse: head of a woman with olive branch in her hair facing left - personification of the Republic; left from woman's neck year of issue; along the left edge: LIBERDADE (liberty); along the right edge: DEMOCRACIA (democracy).
Designer: Marcelino Norte de Almeida (signature NORTE D'ALMEIDA along bottom edge of the reverse)
Mint: Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda (National Press - The Mint), Lisbon
Edge: reeded.
Composition: Copper-Nickel.
Weight: 10.8000 g.
Diameter: 28.5 mm.
Issue date: 28 XII 1979.
Withdrawal date: 1 VII 1989.