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Description:
Obverse
Shield of Portugal & globe, or armillary spere, date, value and name of the country below.
Reverse
3 ships, caravelles, sailing left over a map and a silhouette of Australia. The date refer to the controversial discovery and reconnaissance of Australia by a Portuguese sailor Cristóvão de Mendonça long before the Dutsch Janszoon in 1606.
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½ Barbuda - Fernando I (Zamora mint)
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(14)
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XX Réis "Vintém" - Afonso VI/João IV (Hybrid)
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1000 Escudos (Liga dos Combatentes)
Country: Portugal / Denomination: 1000 Escudos
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25 Escudos (International Year of the Child)
Country: Portugal / Denomination: 25 Escudos
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2½ Euro (Football World Cup Brazil; Gold)
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Year: 2014 / Material: Gold (.916)
500 Escudos (XVII European Art Exhibition)
Country: Portugal / Denomination: 500 Escudos
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Year: 1983 / Material: Silver (.835)
250 Escudos (FAO - World Fisheries Conference)
Country: Portugal / Denomination: 250 Escudos
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300 Réis - Luis I (Countermarked issue over "500 Réis - Pedro II; Brazil")
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