Coin catalog › Coins (Theme: Signs, Mint Year: 1994)

200 Escudos (Treaty of Tordesillas)

Country:

Portugal

Series:

1974~2001 - 2nd Republic (Escudo) Commemorative

Catalog codes:

Col:PT-000232, WCC:km671

Variants:

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Themes:

Coats of Arms | Famous People | Logos | Maps | Ships | Signs

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Last issue date:

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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:

750,000

Composition Details:

75% copper, 25% nickel75% copper, 25% nickel

Score:

31% Accuracy: Very High

Description:

Obverse: Two ships sailing across the Atlantic toward Africa. At right, the vertical north-south line represents the demarcation line recently defined by the Treaty of Tordesillas. Issuing country ↷ at top REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA (Republic of Portugal), below the Portuguese coat of arms and at right the face value in two lines 200 𝄓 escudos.

Reverse: Portraits on the left of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, under the Castilian flag ⊞ with the inscription ⤵ FERNANDO • E ISABEL• REIS • DE • ESPANHA (Ferdinand and Isabella, Kings of Spain), on the right, John II, King of Portugal, above the Portuguese flag 𒇻, with the inscription ↻ JOAO II • REI • DE • PORTUGAL (John II, King of Portugal). At the top the theme ↷ TRATADO DI TORDESILHAS (Treaty of Tordesillas), below the dates ⤻ 1494 𝄓 1994, on the left the mint mark ⤷ INCM and on the right ⤴ the names of the engravers ISABEL C.-F.BRANCO (Isabel Carriço/ Fernando Branco).

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