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1952 Macau Macao 50 Avos coin pendant necklace Chinese jewelry Haojing Bay Gate Nossa Senhora de Fátima Santo António São Lázaro São Lourenço Sé Cheoc Ca Chün Sé Tap Seac Square Pearl River Delta South China Sea Jing'ao 井澳/鏡澳 n000864

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1952 Macau 50 Avos {1-year issue}

Portuguese colony

FEATURING
front: Shield of Portuguese Macau on crowned armillary sphere

Lettering:
* MACAU *
伍毫
澳門
* 50 AVOS *

Translation:
* MACAU *
5 Ho
Macau
* 50 AVOS *

back: coat of arms {5 Quinas}

After the official recognition of the Kingdom of Portugal as an independent country in 1143, 5 silver bezants were added to the blue cross of the shield, symbolising coins and the right of the monarch to issue currency.

Late explanations interpret them as the five wounds of Jesus Christ, also a traditional legend explains that these escutcheons represent the five moor kings defeated by King Afonso I of Portugal in the battle of Ourique.

From the fixation of the number of bezants in five, each of the escutcheons of the Portuguese shield became popularly referred as a quina (quincunx). By synecdoche, the term "Five Quinas" or simply the "Quinas" came to be used.

The golden castles surrounding the quoins supposedly represent the Moorish castles conquered by the Kingdom of Portugal during the Reconquista. Their origin is probably Castilian.

Lettering:
REPUBLICA·PORTUGUESA
*1952*

Translation:
Portuguese Republic
1952

• quantity 1
• demonetized (no longer in circulation) polished Copper-nickel coin
• diameter: 20 mm
• weight: 3.6 g

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