Features

Issuer Portugal 

Period Third Republic (1974-date)

Type Non-circulating coin

Year 1995

Value 200 Escudos (200 PTE)

Currency Escudo (1911-2001)

Composition Silver (.925)

Weight 26.5 g

Diameter 36 mm

Shape Round

Technique Milled

Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓

Demonetized 28 February 2002

Number N# 58688 Help

References KM# 681a, Gomes# R 114.02, R 114.03

Commemorative issue

Afonso de Albuquerque

Series: VI Portuguese Discoveries Series

Obverse

Portuguese coat of arms, and to the right, the Flor de la Mar, ship commanded by Albuquerque during the attack of Malacca, Malaysia

Script: Latin

Lettering:

REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA

200 esc

INCM

1995

FLOR DE LAMAR

S.MACHADO

Engraver: Raul Machado

Reverse

Standing portrait of Afonso de Albuquerque who seized Malacca in 1511. Behind, the ruins of the Porta de Santiago, of which only remains of the fortress remain he built then.

Script: Latin

Lettering:

MELAKA . 1511 . MALACA

AFONSO D(E) ALBUQUERQUE

Edge

Reeded

Mint

incm Lisbon, Portugal