Portugal 2018 Ajuda Botanical garden
Ajuda Botanical garden
The design shows a very old
Dracaena tree that is in the Ajuda Botanical Garden premises and is a symbol of
the garden. The Ajuda Botanical Garden is a Technological Support Unit of the
Agronomy University. It plays the role of an infrastructure for education and
research but is also open to the public. It was the first botanical garden in
Portugal projected to preserve, study and collect the most numerous possible
species from the plant world. At the top of the design, from left to right, in
semi-circle, there is the inscription ‘250 ANOS JARDIM BOTÂNICO DA AJUDA’. At
the bottom, from left to right, in semi-circle, there is the inscription
‘PORTUGAL 2018’. Right underneath the image of the tree, at the left side,
there are the initials of the artist ‘J. FAZENDA’ and at the right side the
mintmark ‘INCM’. The coin’s outer ring bears the 12 stars of the European Union.
Weight - 8.5 g.
Quality - UNC (Uncirculated)
Diameter - 25.75 mm.
Composition - Bimetallic - nickel brass
clad nickel center in copper-nickel ring
Circulation - 510'000 pcs
Country of origin - Portugal
Year of release - 2018
