Portugal 1992 100 escudos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown is from a type struck in Portugal 1989-2001. Many dates were minted only for collector sets. The denomination was made obsolete when Portugal converted to the euro. Explorer Pedro Nuñes is honored on the reverse.

Recorded mintage: 14,500,000.

Specification: 8 g, bimetallic, aluminum bronze center in copper-nickel ring, 25.5 mm diameter, designed by José Candido.

Catalog reference: KM 645.1, Gomes-84.11.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Reis, Lina, Anuário de Numismática, Moedas e notas 2010, 31ª ediçao, Lisbon: Publinummis, Lda, 2009.
• Alberto Gomes and Francisco Antonio Magro, Moedas Portuguesas e do Território Que Hoje é Portugal: Catálogo das Moedas Cunhadas para o Continentes e Ilhas Adjacentes, para os Territórios do Ultramar e Grão-Mestres Portugueses da Ordem de Malta, 6ª Edição, Lisbon: Associação Numismática de Portugal, 2013.

Link to:

• 1989 100 escudos, discovery of Madeira
• 1989 100 escudos, 550th anniversary of Portugal's discovery and settlement of the Azores
• 1992 5 escudos
• 1992 10 escudos
• 1992 200 escudos, Columbus in the New World
• 1992 200 escudos, Olympic Games, running
• 1992 1000 escudos
• 1993 200 escudos, 450th anniversary of Portuguese contact with Japan
• 1993 200 escudos, introduction of espingarda to Japan
• 1993 200 escudos, Japanese Arte Namban
• 1993 200 escudos, first Japanese mission to Europe
• Coins and currency dated 1992
• return to Portugal