| Description : At the session of the United Nations General Assembly held at
the Palais de Chaillot in Paris on the 10th of December 1948, Resolution 217 was adopted with the ‐
legally non‐binding ‐ Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Its Article 1 reads: "All human beings are
born free and equal in dignity and rights". The coin pays tribute to this resolution. At the top
‐ as in the coat of arms of Portugal ‐ the coat of arms is depicted on an armillary sphere, below it the name of
the issuing country "PORTUGAL" and the year "2008". The lower half shows, stylised, a group of fifteen people. The occasion
of issue "60 ANOS DA DECLARAÇÃO UNIVERSAL DOS DIREITOS HUMANOS" (60th anniversary of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights) is mentioned in a circle on the edge of the pill. At the top right is the signet "Esc.J.Duarte"
of the sculptor (Portuguese Escultor = Esc.) and coin designer João Duarte and "INCM" the mint mark of
the Portuguese mint Imprensa Nacional‐ Casa da Moeda S.A. in Lisbon. |
