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200 Escudos (Terra de Natal 1497)

Series:

1998 - IX Portuguese Discoveries

Catalog codes:

Col:PT-000139, WCC:km710

Variants:

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Themes:

Coats of Arms | Logos | Maps | Palm-trees | Ships

Issued on:

1998

Last issue date:

1998

Distribution:

Circulating Commemorative

Mints:

Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda, Portugal

Composition:

Copper-Nickel

Edge:

Reeded/grained

Orientation:

Coin alignment ↑O↓

Shape:

Circular

Rim:

Raised. Not decorated. Both sides

Weight:

21.1 grams

Diameter:

36 mm

Thickness:

2.8 mm

Face value:

200 $ - Portuguese escudo

Known mintage:

500,000

Score:

42% Accuracy: Very High

Description:

Obverse: The Portuguese coat of arms at the top and a map of the South African coast with a palm tree to the right, a line representing sea travel, and a sailing ship to the right. Around the left, the country and the year ⟳ REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA • 1998 • (Portuguese Republic 1998) below and the face value ⤻ 200 ESC (200 Escudos).

Reverse: Map of South Africa to the left with the inscription AFRICA and below NATAL (Christmas), in Portuguese because Vasco da Gama landed there on December 25, 1497. Also to the left is a stone column with a cross, erected in Mossel Bay. A line along the coast marks the route where a boat sailed northeast. On the right is a native man with a bow and arrow. On the left is the mintmark ⤷ INCM and following it is the name of the engraver ⤷ A. MARINHO (António Marinho). On the right is the theme ⤴ TERRA DO NATAL • 25 DEZ. 1497 (Christmas Land December 25, 1497).

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