200 Escudos (Taiwan; Silver) Coin

200 Escudos (Taiwan; Silver)

Country: Portugal
Denomination: 200 Escudos (200 PTE)
Year: 1996
Material: Silver (.925)
Weight: 26.5 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 36 mm
Type: Non circulating coin
Catalog list: portugal

Description:

Obverse

Portuguese coat of arms next to a flowered plum tree branch. Value and date below.

Reverse

Ship sailing, map of the island of Formosa which will become Taiwan. The date 1582 is the first stay on the island of Portuguese sailors after a shipwreck for 2 months. The discovery by a passing boat dates from 1542 or 1544. Country name in Chinese and Latin characters.

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