100 Escudos Madeira and Porto Santo, Silver

Features

Issuer Portugal
Period Third Republic (1974-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 1989
Value 100 Escudos (100 PTE)
Currency Escudo (1911-2001)
Composition Silver (.925)
Weight 21 g
Diameter 34 mm
Thickness 2.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
18599
References KM# 647a,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Gomes# R02.80
Alberto Gomes; 2021. Moedas Portuguesas. Associação Numismatica de Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal.

Commemorative issue

Discovery of Madeira & Porto Santo

Series: II-Portuguese Discoveries

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

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPÚBLICA PORTUGUESA
· 100 ESCUDOS ·

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.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1420 MADEIRA PORTO SANTO 1419
AVE MARIA
incm
ISABEL C ✠ 1989 ✠ F. BRANCO

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Lisbon, Portugal

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1989  Photo 50 000 $ 12 59% BNC (Brilliant Non Circulated) - In sets only
1989  20 000 $ 21 48% Proof

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 100 Escudos (Madeira and Porto Santo, Silver)
Katz
Auction 61
Lot 3260
Internet Archive
7 Jun 2022 1989 – BNC (Brilliant Non Circulated) - In sets only UNC USD 11.88
(EUR 11.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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