200 escudos PORTUGAL (1991-2001) Garcia de Orta

200 escudos 1991-2001 Garcia de Orta - Coins of Portugal

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
28.0 mm	9.8 g	2.1 mm	Cu₇₉Zn₂₀Ni₁ / Cu₇₅Ni₂₅

obverse:

above the coin centre a shield over an armillary sphere - Portuguese Coat of Arms; below in two lines face value: 200 / ESCUDOS; along the top edge: REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA (Republic of Portugal); along the bottom edge year of issue

reverse:

torso of the naturalist with a book and a flower in his hands; along the right edge of coin's core: GARCIA DE ORTA; on the bottom of coin's ring waves; along the left edge olive branch; along the right edge cereal ear

edge:

seven sections plain and seven reeded

issue date:

12 XII 1989

withdrawal date:

28 II 2002

designer:

José Cândido (signature J.CANDIDO on coin's ring below cereal ear on the reverse)

mint:

Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda (National Press - The Mint), Lisbon (mint mark INCM on coin's ring below olive branch on the reverse)

mintage:

1991	32 980 000	+ 20 000 in annual sets
1992	10 980 000	+ 20 000 in annual sets
1993	-	+ 20 000 in annual sets
1996	-	+ 15 084 in annual sets
1997	4 980 000	+ 20 000 in annual sets
1998	17 849 500	+ 16 500 in annual sets
1999	5 996 639	+ 3 361 in annual sets
2000	3 126 000	+ 10 000 in annual sets
2001	200 000	+ 50 000 in annual sets

interesting facts:

Garcia de Orta (1501[2]-1568) - Portuguese physician and naturalist, pioneer of tropical medicine.

A statue of the naturalist in front of the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Lisbon (sculpture by Joaquim Martins Correia)

last update: 10 VI 2014

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