Portugal 2 Euro 2018 250th Anniversary National Printing Office Proof

On 24 December 1768, the Portuguese National Printing Company was established. In 1833 the name was changed to National Press. The National Press was the printer of, among others, the Gazeta de Lisboa, the current Diario da Republica, the official state newspaper of Portugal. In the year 1972 the National Press merged with the Casa de Moeda (State Mint) from which the current INCM was formed. The INCM is therefore the merger of the National Printing House and the Casa de Moeda. Here are made, among other things, the current Portuguese passports and ID cards along with the production of the Portuguese Euro coins. In the year 2018 it is 250 years ago that the Portuguese National Printing Company was established and to commemorate this Portugal has issued a special 2 Euro coin. At the top of the coin are the years 1768 and 2018 below which is the text "Imprensa Nacional, Duzentos e Cinquenta - 250 Anos" (National Printing Company 250 years). Beneath this text is the country name Portugal and the Roman numerals MMXVIII (= 2018). The quality of the coin is Proof, the highest quality. The coin is packaged with the utmost care in a Luxury package on which the text that can be read on the coin is also printed. Furthermore, the technical data of this coin is printed on the packaging. The issue of the coin in this quality is only 10,000 copies.