Portugal 100 Escudos, 1989

100 Escudos from Portugal. Issued in 1989. Struck in Silver (.925). Measures 34 mm and weighs 21 g.

Obverse

Portuguese coat of arms superimposed on the Cross of the Order of Christ (Real Ordem dos Cavaleiros de Nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo). Value below

Reverse

Square rigged caravel (with vessel’s name Ave Maria on sail) on a map of the archipelago showing Madeira below the vessel and Porto Santo above to the right. Dates of the Portuguese discoveries around (the islands were already known to the Greeks and Phoenicians), date of the coin below.

Edge

Reeded