100 Escudos (Discovery of Azores) Coin

100 Escudos (Discovery of Azores)

Country: Portugal
Denomination: 100 Escudos (100 PTE)
Year: (1989)
Material: Copper-nickel
Weight: 16.5 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 34 mm
Type: Circulating commemorative coin
Catalog list: portugal

Description:

Obverse

Portuguese coat of arms at right within design, value below

Reverse

Caravel with lateen sails to the left, and stars within design. Below the boat the dates of the discoveries of the first (Santa Maria 1427) and last Corvo and Flores 1452) islands. Both Portugueses and Flemish navigators were involved. Above, 1439 states for the first official map of the archipelago, and the Authorization by Infante Enrique for the colonization (2 July 1439)

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