Portugal: €2 "Lusophony Games" 2009

[Bimat]

Portugal will be issuing second commemorative 2 Euro bimetallic this year.
Have a read here.
Mintage: 1285000
N.B.I found this information in one of the news mail of WBCC.

Aditya

[chrisild]

Tsk tsk ... Have a look at this topic http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php/topic,915.30.html especially the currently last page. That page lists the Lusofonia coin. Does the name of the last contributor look familiar?

Christian

[Bimat]

Hi Christian,
I didn't notice that.You can just move this topic to the concerned topic.

Aditya

[chrisild]

Actually it may not be a bad idea to have separate topics for the different issues, or at least for some of them. So I just modified the topic title ... and will add some info about those Lusophony Games.

The Portuguese word "Lusofonia" refers to the countries where Portuguese is an official language. That would primarily be Portugal and countries that used to be Portuguese colonies. "Luso-" is derived from the Latin word "Lusitania" which was part of the Roman Empire - and that word came from the Lusitanians who lived in the SW part of the Iberian peninsula.

In 2006 the first Jogos da Lusofonia (Lusophony Games) were in Macau; this year they will be in Lisbon (11-19 July). The participating countries are the nine members of the Portuguese Community (Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa) and three associated members: Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, India, Macao (China), Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé & Príncipe, Sri Lanka, and Timor Leste.

The sports involved this year are: Athletics (also for handicapped), basketball, beach volleyball, football (also indoor - futsal), judo, table tennis, taekwondo, and volleyball. This is the logo of the games ...



... and that logo will also be the main design element of the €2 coin which will be issued on this occasion. The design can be viewed here: http://dre.pt/pdfgratis/2008/10/20300.pdf (government bulletin - see the second page). As for the total mintage, well, according to the list that poccio1 posted, it would be 1,275,000 while you and the government bulletin say 1,285,000. May still be subject to change.

Christian

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Thanks for the information on Lusophony Games,Chrisild!
The design looks impressive..I would like to add this one to my collection,especially when India is also a part of it 

... and that logo will also be the main design element of the €2 coin which will be issued on this occasion. The design can be viewed here: http://dre.pt/pdfgratis/2008/10/20300.pdf (government bulletin - see the second page). As for the total mintage, well, according to the list that poccio1 posted, it would be 1,275,000 while you and the government bulletin say 1,285,000. May still be subject to change.

Christian

I would believe in the figure given by Government,just because this number is higher than that given by poccio1

Aditya

[chrisild]

I would like to add this one to my collection,especially when India is also a part of it 

Of course India (and also Sri Lanka) is not a Portuguese speaking country - you will know that better than I do. But they both are associate members. Here is some info about the Indian participation http://www.lisboa2009.org/Default.aspx?tabid=469  And attached is the coin design, taken from the government bulletin mentioned above.

Christian

[Figleaf]

The French, of course, have a similar club, "Organisation internationale de la Francophonie". All it produces is dull meetings. I prefer the sports party the Portuguese are throwing.

Peter

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Of course India (and also Sri Lanka) is not a Portuguese speaking country - you will know that better than I do. But they both are associate members. Here is some info about the Indian participation http://www.lisboa2009.org/Default.aspx?tabid=469  And attached is the coin design, taken from the government bulletin mentioned above.

Christian

Yup..I know that  I guess India is a part of this group- because some part of India was under Portuguese rule for many years.Indian state of Goa has a culture similar to Portuguese culture.

Aditya

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Aditya & Christian,
  The Lusophone Community is very much more like the Francophone Community than the British Commonwealth.East Timor is a member of the Lusophone Community,as is Brazil.India could possibly become a member state of the Lusophone Community (because of the status of Damao,Diu,& Goa),as could Sri Lanka (which was ruled by the Portuguese prior to being supplanted by the Dutch,then by the British,but there are Portuguese descendants in Sri Lanka) & Malaysia (due to Malacca being a Portuguese settlement prior to being taken over by the British).

Aidan.

[chrisild]

The Lusophone Community is very much more like the Francophone Community than the British Commonwealth.

Sounds strange to me. First of all, there is no such thing as the Lusophone Community; "lusofonia" is primarily a linguistic term. What you mean is probably the CPLP (Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa). But that is not really what this coin is about. The Lusophony Games could be compared to the Commonwealth Games or the Jeux de la Francophonie, but since they are fairly new (Lisbon 2009 is only the second time they take place), it is hard to tell how they will develop ...

Christian

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This coin should be available as from next week: O Banco de Portugal informa que, a partir de 9 de Junho de 2009, irá colocar em circulação uma moeda corrente comemorativa, com o valor facial de € 2, designada "2.os Jogos da Lusofonia". http://dre.pt/pdf2sdip/2009/06/106000000/2215922159.pdf

Christian

[Bimat]

Has anyone got the same? Portuguese commemoratives are generally decent,so I'm expecting a nice design again

[chrisild]

Well, I got the coin in Utrecht today (Open Mint Day), but we all knew what it would look like. Here is a photo (not mine) of the actual coin:



While I like the Portuguese EU Presidency (2007) coin, and find the Declaration of Human Rights (2008) piece interesting, I'm not really fond of designs that basically reproduce a logo only ...

Christian

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Nice Design

While I like the Portuguese EU Presidency (2007) coin, and find the Declaration of Human Rights (2008) piece interesting, I'm not really fond of designs that basically reproduce a logo only ...

The EU presidency commemorative is the best Portuguese commemorative so far.Still,I don't know the importance of tree like structure that appeared on the coin..

Aditya

[chrisild]

That structure is, surprise, a tree. Actually a cork oak. Those trees grow, and are cultivated, in several Mediterranean countries, and AFAIK Portugal is the main cork producer. Here is a photo from Wikipedia http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/Cork_oak.jpg/800px-Cork_oak.jpg which shows such a tree with its partly "peeled" trunk. Had they used the official Presidency logo http://www.eu2007.pt/Resources/img/portugal_2007.gif instead, the coin would have been somewhat dull, hehe.

Christian