Obverse: 11 ships from the fleet of the voyage to India in 1500, surrounding the Portuguese coat of arms. At the top, in a semicircle, the issuing country ↷ REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA (Portuguese Republic), the date at the bottom centre 1999 and the face value following below 200 ESC (200 Escudos). On the left edge, the mintmark ⤷ INCM, and on the right the name of the engraver ⤴ S.MACHADO (Raul de Sousa Machado).
Reverse: Portrait of P. A. Cabral, who led the Lisbon-Brazil-India voyage and return in 1500. On the right is a map of the Brazilian coast and the location of Porto Seguro Bay. His name in the upper left ↻ PEDRO ALVARES CABRAL on the right in two lines PORTO // SEGURO, country and year of the voyage BRASIL 1500.
