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200 Escudos Australia
| Issuer | Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (INCM) |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Value | 200 Escudos (200 PTE) |
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| Obverse description | The Portuguese national shield superimposed on an armillary sphere occupies the central field, rendered in a bold, graphic style characteristic of Portugal's late 20th-century commemorative coinage. The armillary sphere bears the legend 'M R O E' along its ecliptic band, widely interpreted as the Latin abbreviation 'Maximus Rex Orbis Emmanuel,' a reference to King Manuel I. The denomination '200 ESC' and the date '1995' appear in the lower field, flanked by the country name 'REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA' arching below. |
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| Mintage | 1995 incm - - 750,000 |
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Portugal's 200 Escudos commemorative series, struck through the 1990s, used the Australian theme to mark the 1995 bicentennial of the first Portuguese contact with the continent's southwest coast — specifically Bruny d'Entrecasteaux's 1792 voyage, though the deeper Portuguese claim traces to Cristóvão de Mendonça's disputed passage of around 1522. That earlier voyage remains unresolved in the historical record, making the commemorative's implied priority argument quietly contentious among Australian maritime historians.