Feature: Portuguese team participating in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Description: The design shows an image based on
the well-known artwork ‘Heart of Viana’, signed by the author Joana
Vasconcelos, which was inspired by traditional jewellery from the north
of Portugal (the area around the city of Viana do Castelo). It
symbolises the Portuguese people’s support for the national team on the
occasion of the Olympics. At the left and the right, in semi-circle, are
the inscriptions ‘JOANA VASCONCELOS’ and ‘EQUIPA OLÍMPICA DE PORTUGAL
2016’, respectively. At the bottom is the mint mark ‘INCM’. The coin’s
outer ring bears the 12 stars of the European Union.
