In the center, the cross of the Order of Christ with three dots above, the coat of arms of Portugal and the face value `7,50€`. Around the center is the name of the state `:REPÚBLICA::PORUGUESA:`, the year, the mint mark `INCM` and the name of Andreia Pereira the engraver, `a pereira`.
Blazon of King Manuel I of Portugal surrounded by the double legend: outside, `+ I: EMANVEL: R: PORTVGALIE: ALG: VL: IN: A: D: G:` (Manuel I king of Portugal and Algarve, here and abroad in Africa, lord of Guinea); and inside, `C: N: C: ETHIOPIA: ARABIA: PERSIA: I:` (the conquest and navigation and trade of Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia and India).
