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200 Escudos Death on the Sea
| Issuer | Banco de Portugal |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a dramatic allegorical scene commemorating death at sea, engraved in a bold, expressive style by A. Marinho. At centre, a sinking or stricken vessel is depicted plunging downward amid stylised storm elements, with rain rendered as diagonal streaks emanating from a cloud to the left and turbulent, swirling waves filling the lower field. A sea creature or monstrous figure emerges from the churning waters at the base of the composition. The legend 'MORTE NO MAR' (Death on the Sea) arcs along the left rim, while the engraver's signature 'A. MARINHO' and the mint mark 'INCM' appear in small lettering at the lower left and lower centre of the field respectively. |
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Portugal's long series of commemorative 200 escudo pieces issued through the 1990s documented the Age of Discovery with unusual scholarly seriousness, but this 1999 release arrived in the currency's final years — the escudo would cease to be legal tender in 2002 as euro coins entered circulation. The specific subject, mortality at sea during the Portuguese voyages, reflects a strand of national historical memory that acknowledges the catastrophic human cost of the carreira da Índia, where shipwreck losses on the Cape route ran at roughly one vessel in five.
Two die varieties are catalogued under Gomes R 133.01 and R 133.02.