Live auction - fwo_792096 - ANGOLA 1 Macuta Jean Prince Régent 1814

ANGOLA 1 Macuta Jean Prince Régent 1814 AU

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Estimate :	120 €
Price :	100 €
Maximum bid :	100 €
End of the sale :	24 January 2023 19:35:58
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : 1 Macuta Jean Prince Régent

Date: 1814

Quantity minted : -

Metal : copper

Diameter : 35 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 12,76 g.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

La monnaie présente des faiblesses de frappe en bord de flan sur les légendes

Catalogue references :

Gom.03.02

Obverse

Obverse legend : JOANNES. D. G. PORT. P - REGENS. E. D. GUINEAE.

Obverse description : Armes du Portugal et du Brésil couronnées.

Reverse

Reverse legend : AFRICA. PORTUGEZA. *1814*.

Reverse description : (rosette) MACU / (rosette) TA (rosette) / (rosette) 1 (rosette).

Commentary

Découvert par l’explorateur Diogo Cão à la fin du XVe siècle, l’Angola deviendra progressivement une colonie portugaise. Ce n’est qu’en 1975 au terme d’une terrible guerre de libération que le pays deviendra indépendant..
Discovered by explorer Diogo Cão at the end of the 15th century, Angola gradually became a Portuguese colony. It was not until 1975, after a terrible war of liberation, that the country became independent.