| Issuer | Portugal |
| Year | 2000 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
| Value | 200 Escudos (200 PTE) |
| Currency | Escudo (1911-2001) |
| Composition | Copper-nickel |
| Weight | 21.1 g |
| Dimensions | 36 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | Eloísa Byrne |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#728, Gomes#R 134.01; R 134.02 |
| Obverse description | On a map inspired by the Cantino World Map (1502) with the Newfoundland and the southern tip of Greenland, a whale, a compass appears to the left and the Portuguese coat of arms to the right with a legend around and the date on top. |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA
2000
E. BYRNE 200 ESCUDOS INCM (Translation: Portuguese Republic 2000 E. BYRNE 200 Escudos INCM) |
| Reverse description | A ship, caravel with lateen sails, sailing left with a map of the Terra do Lavrador, current Greenland, drawn from maps of the Universal Cosmography of Guillaume le Testu (1555). A Portuguese navigator Joao Fernandes Lavrador has likely been at the origin of the name Labrador. Below, dates of Portuguese explorations of the region. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | TERRA DO LAVRADOR
· 1491 · 1500 · (Translation: Land of the Washer 1491 1500) |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | INCM Lisbon, Portugal |
| Mintage | 2000 INCM - Gomes#R 134.01 - 250 000 2000 INCM - Gomes#R 134.02 - BNC (Brilliant Non Circulated)- In sets only - 10 000 |
| Catalog ID | 5053452560 |
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