| Issuer | Portugal |
| Year | 1995-1996 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
| Value | 200 Escudos (200 PTE) |
| Currency | Escudo (1911-2001) |
| Composition | Copper-nickel |
| Weight | 21.1 g |
| Dimensions | 36 mm |
| Thickness | 2.8 mm |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | Isabel Carriço, Fernando Branco |
| In circulation to | 28 February 2002 |
| Reference(s) | KM#692, Gomes#R 121.01 |
| Obverse description | Portuguese coat of arms next to a flowering plum tree branch. Value and date below. |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | 200 ESC 1996 REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA |
| Reverse description | Ship sailing, map of the island of Formosa which will become Taiwan. The date 1582 is the first stay on the island of Portuguese sailors after a shipwreck for 2 months. The discovery by a passing boat dates from 1542 or 1544. Country name in Chinese and Portuguese. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | 1582 I. formosa 台湾 · TAIWAN ISABEL C.-F.BRANCO INCM |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | INCM Lisbon, Portugal |
| Mintage | 1995 INCM - Gomes#R 121.02 - BNC (Brilliant Non Circulated) - 6 500 1996 INCM - Gomes#R 121.01 - 750 000 |
| Catalog ID | 1762848140 |
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