100 Escudos Madeira and Porto Santo, Silver

Issuer Portugal
Year 1989
Type Non-circulating coin
Value 100 Escudos (100 PTE)
Currency Escudo (1911-2001)
Composition Silver (.925)
Weight 21 g
Diameter 34 mm
Thickness 2.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#647a, Gomes#R02.80
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 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 incm ISABEL C ✠ 1989 ✠ F. BRANCO
Edge Reeded
Mint
Mintage 1989 - BNC (Brilliant Non Circulated) - In sets only - 50 000
1989 - Proof - 20 000
Numisquare ID 7446395320
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