E-auction 385-298077 - fwo_572221 - PORTUGAL 200 Escudos Découverte du Brésil 1999

PORTUGAL 200 Escudos Découverte du Brésil 1999 MS

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Estimate :	15 €
Price :	8 €
Maximum bid :	9 €
End of the sale :	31 August 2020 17:07:30
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : 200 Escudos Découverte du Brésil

Date: 1999

Quantity minted : 500000

Metal : copper nickel

Diameter : 36 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Edge : striée

Catalogue references :

KM20/718 - Gom.132.01

Obverse

Obverse legend : REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA // 1999 / 200 ESC.

Obverse description : illustration du Brésil inspirée par l’Atlas Lopo-Homem Reineis ou Atlas Miller.

Reverse

Reverse legend : BRASIL 1500.

Reverse description : illustration du Brésil inspirée par l’Atlas Lopo-Homem Reineis ou Atlas Miller.

Commentary

A la suite de Vasco de Gama, Pedro Alvares Cabral (1468-1520) prend la tête d’une flotte en 1499 avec pour destination la Mozambique et Calicut en Inde.Après le Cap Vert, il aborde le Brésil dans un lieu baptisé Porto Seguro. Il revendique alors cette terre au nom du roi du Portugal.
Following Vasco da Gama, Pedro Alvares Cabral (1468-1520) took command of a fleet in 1499 bound for Mozambique and Calicut in India. After Cape Verde, he reached Brazil at a place called Porto Seguro. He then claimed this land in the name of the King of Portugal.