100 Escudos Madeira and Porto Santo; Palladium

Features

Issuer Portugal
Period Third Republic (1974-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 1989
Value 100 Escudos (100 PTE)
Currency Escudo (1911-2001)
Composition Palladium (.999)
Weight 31.119 g
Diameter 34 mm
Thickness 2.8 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
25364
References KM# 647c,
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# R80.05
Alberto Gomes; 2021. Moedas Portuguesas. Associação Numismatica de Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal.

Commemorative issue

Discovery of Madeira and 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:
REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA
Pd. 1 Oz
· 100 ESCUDOS ·

Reverse

Square rigged caravel on a map of the archipelago showing Madeira below the boat and Porto Santo above. Dates of the Portuguese discoveries around (the islands were already known of the Greeks and Phenicians), date of the coin below.

Script: Latin

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

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Lisbon, Portugal

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1989  Photo 2 500 Proof

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 100 Escudos (Madeira and Porto Santo; Palladium)
Katz
Jubilee Auction 60
Lot 2379
Internet Archive
14 May 2022 UNC USD 1072.22
(EUR 995.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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