100 Escudos Madeira and Porto Santo, Palladium

Issuer Portugal
Year 1989
Type Non-circulating coin
Value 100 Escudos (100 PTE)
Currency Escudo (1911-2001)
Composition Palladium (.999)
Weight 31.119 g
Diameter 34 mm
Thickness 2.8 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#647c, Gomes#R80.05
Obverse description 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 REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA Pd. 1 Oz · 100 ESCUDOS ·
Reverse description Square rigged caravel on a map of the archipelago showing Madeira below the boat and Porto Santo above. Dates of the Portuguese discoveries around (the islands were already known of the Greeks and Phenicians), date of the coin below.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering 1420 MADEIRA PORTO SANTO 1419 AVE MARIA ISABEL C ✠ 1989 ✠ F.BRANCO
Edge Reeded
Mint
Mintage 1989 - Proof - 2 500
Numisquare ID 3812081230
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