Portugal 200 Escudos, 2000

200 Escudos from Portugal. Issued in 2000. Struck in Copper-nickel. Measures 36 mm and weighs 21.1 g.

Obverse

On a map inspired by the Cantino World Map (1502) with the Newfoundland and the southern tip of Greenland, a whale, a compass appears to the left and the Portuguese coat of arms to the right with a legend around and the date on top. (Portuguese Republic
2000
E. BYRNE 200 Escudos INCM)

Reverse

A ship, caravel with lateen sails, sailing left with a map of the Terra do Lavrador, current Greenland, drawn from maps of the Universal Cosmography of Guillaume le Testu (1555). A Portuguese navigator Joao Fernandes Lavrador has likely been at the origin of the name Labrador. Below, dates of Portuguese explorations of the region. (Land of the Washer
1491 1500)

Edge

Reeded