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200 Escudos Father Luis Frois, Silver
| Issuer | Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (INCM) |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Weight | 26.5 g |
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| Obverse description | The Portuguese national coat of arms, depicted as a shield bearing the traditional quinas and castles, is positioned to the left of the field. To the right of the arms appears the denomination '200 ESC' in raised numerals. The upper portion of the field features a decorative abstract motif composed of dotted patterns and wheel-like rosettes, evoking Japanese artistic influence. The arc legend 'REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA' curves along the lower rim, with the date '1997' inscribed centrally in the lower field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Luís Fróis arrived in Japan in 1563 and spent the next three decades producing some of the most detailed European accounts of Japanese society, warfare, and religious politics ever written during the Sengoku period. His access was extraordinary — he held personal audiences with Oda Nobunaga on multiple occasions and witnessed the violent suppression of Buddhist institutions that Nobunaga used to consolidate power. The Jesuit mission he served ultimately collapsed under Toyotomi Hideyoshi's 1587 expulsion edicts, though Fróis remained in Japan illegally until his death in Nagasaki in 1597.
This coin is part of Portugal's extended commemorative series honoring figures of the Descobrimentos. The .925 silver KM#698a designation distinguishes it from a base-metal companion issue in the same series.