Shield of Portugal & globe, or armillary spere, date, value and name of the country below.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA
1995
200 ESC
Reverse description
3 ships, caravelles, sailing left over a map and a silhouette of Australia. The date refers to the controversial discovery and survey of Australia by Portuguese sailor Cristóvão de Mendonça long before the Dutch Janszoon in 1606.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
1522
1525
INCM
AUSTRÁLIA
Isabel C.-F.Branco
Edge
Reeded
Mint
incm Lisbon, Portugal
Mintage
1995 incm - BNC (Brilliant Non Circulated) - In sets only - 12 000 1995 incm - Proof - 10 000