| Description : Portugal holds the EU Presidency in the first half of 2021.
The coin designer Eduardo Aires depicts Lisbon as the westernmost capital of the European Union in the origin of a
tuft of rays with an aperture angle of 92°, indicating the directions in which the other EU capitals appear on the map from
Lisbon. However, they are rotated counterclockwise by 9° compared to the normal map display, in which the east
direction points horizontally to the right and the north direction points upwards, so that the rightmost line of the tuft
to Valletta, which in real terms deviates by 9° to the right from the east direction, is horizontal on the coin. The
leftmost line directed towards Dublin thus deviates from the vertical by 2° to the left instead of 7° to the right.
Since Prague and Vilnius lie almost on the same line, only 25 directional rays are visible. Important tasks of the
Portuguese Council Presidency are the coordination of the EU‐Corona aid package of 750 billion euros and European
social policy. The issue occasion "PRESIDÉNCIA DO CONSELHO DA UNIÃO EUROPEIA PORTUGAL 2021" is shown in four
lines. On the left are in two lines the mint mark "CASA DA MOEDA" of the Portuguese mint Imprensa Nacional‐ Casa
da Moeda S.A. in Lisbon and "EDUARDO AIRES" for the designer. |
