IYDP coins of Portugal

Let’s continue the International Year of Disabled Persons coin series with Portugal. Portugal released two coins to commemorate the International Year of Disabled Persons, a 25 and a 100 Escudo. Though the official date of IYDP was 1981, these coins were released to circulation in 1984, for the opening of the XV. international rehabilitation congress. …

International Year of Disabled Persons coin series

The United Nations proclaimed 1981 as the International Year of Disabled Persons (IYDP). In connection with this event, countries around the world released a series of commemorative coins. Surprisingly, there is very little information out there about the series, information can only be gathered from numerous resources. I set out to uncover and collect some …