Portuguese coat of arms superimposed on the Cross of the Order of Christ (Real Ordem dos Cavaleiros de Nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo). Value below
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
REPÚBLICA PORTUGUESA
· 100 ESCUDOS ·
Reverse description
Square rigged caravel (with vessel’s name Ave Maria on sail) on a map of the archipelago showing Madeira below the vessel and Porto Santo above to the right. Dates of the Portuguese discoveries around (the islands were already known to the Greeks and Phoenicians), date of the coin below.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
1420 MADEIRA PORTO SANTO 1419
AVE MARIA
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ISABEL C ✠ 1989 ✠ F. BRANCO
Edge
Reeded
Mint
Mintage
1989 - BNC (Brilliant Non Circulated) - In sets only - 50 000 1989 - Proof - 20 000