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600 years of the discovery of the Madeira Archipelago, by the Portuguese navigators Bartolomeu Perestrelo and Tristão Vaz, Reverse — Reverse

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600 years of the discovery of the Madeira Archipelago, by the Portuguese navigators Bartolomeu Perestrelo and Tristão Vaz

Name: 600 years of the discovery of the Madeira Archipelago, by the Portuguese navigators Bartolomeu Perestrelo and Tristão Vaz
Brand: Portugal

2019 Portugal

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Mintage500,000

Qualityuncirculated (circulation)

Weight8.5 g

Diameter25.75 mm

Issued1 January 2019

Issuing countryPortugal

About the coin

The event, known as the first Portuguese territorial discovery, marked a historic milestone in the consolidation of Portugal as a maritime power and gave rise to the Portuguese Age of Discoveries (1418-1522). The design bears the Madeira Archipelago and the island of Porto Santo. In semicircle are the inscriptions ‘600 anos do Descobrimento da Madeira e do Porto Santo’ and ‘PORTUGAL 2019’. The coin’s outer ring bears the 12 stars of the European flag.

Text: European Central Bank (ecb.europa.eu)

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