Portuguese coat of arms at right within design, value below
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
REPÚBLICA PORTUGUESA
·100$00
Reverse description
Caravel with lateen sails to the left, and stars within design. Below the boat the dates of the discoveries of the first (Santa Maria 1427) and last Corvo and Flores 1452) islands. Both Portugueses and Flemish navigators were involved. Above, 1439 states for the first official map of the archipelago, and the Authorization by Infante Enrique for the colonization (2 July 1439)
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
1439-1989·
ARQUIPÉLAGO DOS ACORES
1427-1452
Edge
Reeded
Mint
Mintage
ND (1989) - In sets only - ND (1989) - Proof - 50 000