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Description:
Obverse
Portuguese coat of arms to the left, above a branch of clove tree (Syzygium aromaticum), below of nutmeg tree (Myristica fragrans). Those spices were search for by Europeans in the 16th century. Both originate from the Maluku Islands.
Reverse
Ship and Maluku Islands, volcanic archipelago among which the influential Ternate and Tidore kingdoms. The archipelago was named "Spice Islands"
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