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100 Escudos Nuno Tristão, Gold
| Issuer | Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda |
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| Year | 1987 |
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| Composition | Gold (.917) |
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| Obverse description | The Portuguese arms — a quartered shield bearing five escutcheons in cross arrangement, each charged with five bezants, and a border of seven castles — displayed centrally within a beaded inner circle. The shield is flanked on each side by a stylized fleur-de-lis ornament. The circular legend REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA arcs across the upper field, while the denomination 100 ESCUDOS is inscribed in the lower field, all in raised Latin lettering. |
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| Reverse description | A Portuguese caravel under full lateen sails occupies the central field, depicted in fine relief, commemorating the vessel type used by the explorer Nuno Tristão during his navigations along the West African coast under the patronage of Henry the Navigator. Tristão reached the Rio Gambia in 1446 during his final voyage. The explorer's name NVNO TRISTÃO and the legend RIO GAMBIA 1446 appear in the upper and central fields respectively, with the engravers' signatures ISABEL F BRANCO and the mint mark INCM, along with the issue year 1987, inscribed in the lower field. |
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| Mint | Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, Lisbon |
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