E-auction 233-157126 - fwo_422615 - PORTUGAL 100 Escudos découverte des îles Canaries 1989

PORTUGAL 100 Escudos découverte des îles Canaries 1989 AU

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Estimate :	7 €
Price :	6 €
Maximum bid :	6 €
End of the sale :	02 October 2017 16:51:30
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : 100 Escudos découverte des îles Canaries

Date: 1989

Quantity minted : 2000000

Metal : copper nickel

Diameter : 34 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Edge : striée

Catalogue references :

KM20/646 - Gom.79.01

Obverse

Obverse legend : REPÚBLICA PORTUGUESA // 100$00.

Obverse description : écu du Portugal entre deux guanches, devise “HOMINES SYLVESTRES DE INSULA CANARIA”.

Reverse

Reverse legend : 1336 • ILHAS CANARIAS • 1479 // S. MACHADO - INCM // 1989.

Reverse description : voilier et une des îles de l’archipel des Canaries.

Commentary

La possession de l’archipel des Canaries est longtemps contestée entre le Portugal et la Castille jusqu’en 1479, à la signature du traité de Alcáçovas qui l’attribue définitivement à l’Espagne.
The possession of the Canary Islands was long disputed between Portugal and Castile until 1479, with the signing of the Treaty of Alcáçovas which definitively awarded it to Spain.