正面: Portuguese coat of arms to the left. Map of Europe and Africa to the right. A compass rose and lines symbolize navigation. The edge is delimited by a line representing a cartographic scale. On the left, the face value in two lines ⮕ 200 𝄓 ESC (200 Escudos), below the issuing country and the date in three lines ⮕ REPUBLICA 𝄓 PORTUGUESA 𝄓 1994, the mintmark to the left ⤷ INCM, below to the right, the name of the engraver ⤻ A.MARINHO (António Marinho).
背面: Map of South America on the left with the line of the Treaty of Tordesillas framed by the coats of arms of Spain to the west and Portugal to the east. On the right, a 16th-century Portuguese ship. At the bottom, the theme in two lines ⮕ A PARTILHA 𝄓 DO MUNDO (the sharing of the world) and below, the year of the Treaty 1494. The edges are delimited by a line representing a cartographic scale.
正面: Portuguese coat of arms to the left. Map of Europe and Africa to the right. A compass rose and lines symbolize navigation. The edge is delimited by a line representing a cartographic scale. On the left, the face value in two lines ⮕ 200 𝄓 ESC (200 Escudos), below the issuing country and the date in three lines ⮕ REPUBLICA 𝄓 PORTUGUESA 𝄓 1994, the mintmark to the left ⤷ INCM, below to the right, the name of the engraver ⤻ A.MARINHO (António Marinho).
背面: Map of South America on the left with the line of the Treaty of Tordesillas framed by the coats of arms of Spain to the west and Portugal to the east. On the right, a 16th-century Portuguese ship. At the bottom, the theme in two lines ⮕ A PARTILHA 𝄓 DO MUNDO (the sharing of the world) and below, the year of the Treaty 1494. The edges are delimited by a line representing a cartographic scale.
