100 Escudos Canary Islands, Portugal

100 Escudos Canary Islands, Portugal, 1989 obverse image100 Escudos Canary Islands, Portugal, 1989 reverse image
100 Escudos Canary Islands coin main info

Main information

  • Country:
    Portugal flagPortugal
  • Years of Minting:
    1989
  • Period:
    Third Republic (1974-date)
  • Coin Type:
    Circulating commemorative coin
  • Edge:
    Reeded
  • Shape:
    Round
  • Technique:
    Milled
  • Mint:
    Lisbon, Portugal
100 Escudos Canary Islands Reference Price

Reference Price

$1.29-$358.65

The actual value of the coin may differ depending on its condition, luster, rarity, and other factors. This is a rough estimation.

100 Escudos Canary Islands Coin Design

Coin Design

Reverse

Description:


Boat under sail, a square rigged caravel, in front of the Canary Islands. To the left, date of the Portuguese discovery and to the right date of the end of the dispute with Spain and retrocession of the Islands to the latter. Date of the coin below.

Engraver:


R. de Sousa Machado

Designer:


n/a

Obverse

Description:


Portuguese coat of arms supported by a man and a woman Guanches, the pre-European inhabitants of the Canary Islands, below a ribbon with the latin way they were named at the time of the Portuguese discovery. Value below.

Engraver:


n/a

Designer:


n/a

Edge

Description:


Reeded

100 Escudos Canary Islands Lettering

Lettering

Obverse:


REPÚBLICA PORTUGUESA HOMINES SYLVESTRES DE INSULA CANARIA 100$00

Reverse:


1336 • ILHAS CANARIAS • 1479 S. MACHADO incm 1989

100 Escudos Canary Islands Physical Feature

Physical Feature

Composition

Copper-nickel

Size

100 Escudos Canary Islands sizes
  • Weight:16.5 g
  • Diameter:34 mm
  • Thickness:3 mm
  • Edge:Reeded
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