Live auction - fwo_477741 - PORTUGAL 500 Réis Charles Ier et Amélie 1898

PORTUGAL 500 Réis Charles Ier et Amélie 1898 MS

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Estimate :	90 €
Price :	50 €
Maximum bid :	62 €
End of the sale :	10 April 2018 18:33:47
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : 500 Réis Charles Ier et Amélie

Date: 1898

Quantity minted : 300000

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰

Diameter : 31 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 12,5 g.

Edge : striée

Coments on the condition:

Très bel exemplaire avec tout son brillant et une belle patine de médaillier

Catalogue references :

Gom.12.01

Obverse

Obverse legend : CARLOS I REI E AMELIA RAINHA DE PORTUGAL.

Obverse description : Bustes à gauche du roi Charles Ier et de la reine Amélie.

Reverse

Reverse legend : 4° CENTENARIO DA DESCOBERTA DA INDIA // *500 REIS*.

Commentary

La loi du 21 mai 1896 autorise la fabrication de monnaies commémorative de 200, 500 et 1000 Reis en argent.
Ces monnaies commémorent l’arrivée de Vasco de Gama en Inde en 1498. Le navigateur portugais part de Lisbonne le 8 juillet 1497 et rallie par les voies maritimes, via le Cap de Bonne-Espérance, le 2 mai 1498 Calicut en Inde..
The law of May 21, 1896 authorized the production of commemorative coins of 200, 500 and 1000 Reis in silver. These coins commemorate the arrival of Vasco da Gama in India in 1498. The Portuguese navigator left Lisbon on July 8, 1497 and reached Calicut in India by sea, via the Cape of Good Hope, on May 2, 1498.