2 Euro Commemorative coins Portugal 2022

100th anniversary since the first southern transatlantic crossing by plane

The Obverse, on the right-hand side of the coin, depicts one of the Fairey IIID biplanes used in the feat of flying over the South Atlantic performed by two Portuguese aviators in 1922. On the left-hand side (from bottom to top) is the circular inscription "TRAVESSIA DO ATLANTICO SUL", while on the lower part, immediately below the image of the biplane, is the inscription "PORTUGAL 1922 - 2022", with four stars below, representing the Southern Cross constellation. To the bottom right, near the edge of the inner part of the coin, are the author's signature "Esc. JJ BRITO" and the name of the Portuguese mint "CASA DA MOEDA", written in an arc one after the other. On the outside part are placed 12 five-pointed stars, representing the European Union. The coin's Reverse is the new common side of Euro coins, with the face value "2" on the left and the European continent on the right, overlapped by the inscription "EURO". Six vertical lines with a star at each end are placed behind the Europe's image.
Edge: finely milled, with 7 castles and 5 heraldic coats of arms in incuse.
Diameter: 25,75 mm
Thickness: 2,20 mm
Weight: 8,5 g
Composition: bimetallic coin (outer part: copper-nickel, inner part: nickel-brass).

35 years of the Erasmus Programme

The Obverse depicts two key elements of the Erasmus programme, a European Union student mobility project aimed at university students. On the right is Erasmus of Rotterdam (Dutch humanist and philosopher), in one of his best-known portraits, after whom the programme was named because of his numerous journeys throughout Europe, with the aim of learning about its different cultures. The effigy of the theologian is superimposed on a net that crosses the coin from one point to the other, which is intended to represent the cultural and human exchanges between European students; on the left-hand side, thanks to a special type of graphics, the number '35' appears (to identify the 35th anniversary). Superimposed on the portrait are the circular inscriptions: "1987-2022", "PROGRAMA" and "ERASMUS" on three lines, while further down, near the inner edge, is the name of the Portuguese mint "CASA DA MOEDA", followed by the inscription "PORTUGAL". Above the philosopher's right hand are the author's initials "J.J.". On the outside part are placed 12 five-pointed stars, representing the European Union. The coin's Reverse is the new common side of Euro coins, with the face value "2" on the left and the European continent on the right, overlapped by the inscription "EURO". Six vertical lines with a star at each end are placed behind the Europe's image.
Edge: finely milled, with 7 castles and 5 heraldic coats of arms in incuse.
Diameter: 25,75 mm
Thickness: 2,20 mm
Weight: 8,5 g
Composition: bimetallic coin (outer part: copper-nickel, inner part: nickel-brass).