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Portugal
The edge embossing on the Portuguese 2‐Euro‐commemorative coins is : (The edge shows seven forts and five heraldic shields)	Portuguese mint marks until 2019 : INCM from 2020 : CASA DA MOEDA

Image	Country		Feature	Ref.
		Portugal	Guimaräes, European Capital of Culture 2012	20001 20002
	Description : Guimarães was the capital of the county of Portucale from 1096 and is called the "cradle of the nation" ‐ the first capital of the Kingdom of Portugal, however, was Coimbra from 1139. The historic centre of Guimarães has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001. The coin shows, stylised, the helmet and sword of the statue of Dom Alfonso Henriques (∼1109‐1185), the first king of Portugal, placed in front of the city walls. On the right, the issue occasion "GUIMARÃES", "2012" and the heart‐shaped logo of the event year are depicted below each other. On the left, the escutcheon from the coat of arms of Portugal is depicted, with the country name "PORTUGAL" below it. At the bottom is "INCM" the mint mark of the Portuguese mint Imprensa Nacional‐ Casa da Moeda S.A. in Lisbon, as well as "José de Guimarães", the artist name of the designer José Maria Fernandes Marques.

References :
20001	Images taken with authorisation by the ECB ‐ Mail dated 20.Feb.2020 © "European Central Bank"	20002	Text taken from German Wikipedia and translated by DeepL
20003	Images taken temporally from the Internet	20004	Not Applicable