Description:
Obverse
Lettering:
REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA
100 ESCUDOS
Reverse
A caravelle with lateen sails, the boat used by Nuno Tristao during his navigations down the coast of Africa (ordered by Henri the Navigator). He reached the Rio Gambia in 1446, during his last voyage. Date of the coin below.
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