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200 Escudos José de Anchieta, Gold
| Issuer | Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (INCM) |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Currency | Escudo (1911-2001) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a left-facing bust-length portrait of Blessed José de Anchieta, depicted in the cassock of a Jesuit missionary. His raised right hand holds a quill pen and his left hand presses an open book downward against his body, attributes symbolising his celebrated roles as poet, scholar, and evangeliser. The upper legend arcing around the portrait reads 1534 . BTO JOSÉ DE ANCHIETA 1597, incorporating his birth and death years, while the lower arc carries the inscription APOSTOLO DO BRASIL, proclaiming him Apostle of Brazil. |
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| Mint | INCM Lisbon, Portugal |
| Mintage | 1997 INCM - Gomes#R 124.04 - Proof - 5,000 |
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