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Description:
Obverse
Portuguese coat of arms next to a flowering plum tree branch. Value and date below.
Reverse
Ship sailing, map of the island of Formosa which will become Taiwan. The date 1582 is the first stay on the island of Portuguese sailors after a shipwreck for 2 months. The discovery by a passing boat dates from 1542 or 1544. Country name in Chinese and Portuguese.
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