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Description:
Obverse
Coat of arms of Portugal, 2 compasses and lines that symbolize a nautical chart
Reverse
Portrait of C. Colombus and his signature "Xpõ FERENS" on the right, above left, the 3 boats of the expedition (the larger carrack Santa Maria, the smaller caravels Nina and Pinta). Below, a map of the nort coast of Hispaniola, Haiti, where he settled in Dicember 1492.
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