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Description:
Obverse
Shield flanked by crowns within circle
Reverse
A caravel with lateen sails, the boat used by Nuno Tristao during his navigations down the coast of Africa (ordered by Henri the Navigator). He reached the Rio Gambia in 1446, during his last voyage. Date of the coin below.
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