200 Escudos 1995 - Albuquerque - Malacca


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General Description Afonso de Albuquerque (Alhandra ca. 1453 - December 16, 1515, at sea), commonly known as Albuquerque the Great, "O Grande", was a Portuguese general, and a "great conqueror", a statesman, and a leading empire builder.

Albuquerque advanced the three-fold Portuguese grand scheme of combating Islam, spreading Christianity and securing the trade of spices and the establishment of a vast Portuguese Asian empire. He was the first European to enter the Persian Gulf and led the first voyage by a European fleet into the Red Sea. His military and administrative activities, are generally regarded as one of the most vital to building and securing the Portuguese empire in the Orient, the Middle East, and the spice routes of the Eastern Oceania.
Catalog code KM#681
Mintage 750,000
Diameter 36.00 mm
Thickness 2.70 mm
Weight 21.2600 g
Material Copper-Nickel
Orientation Coin
Mint Portugal - Lisbon
Edge Type reeded
Designer S. Machado
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