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| Issuer | Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (INCM) |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Engraver(s) | Isabel Carriço / Fernando Branco |
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| Reverse description | The carrack of Vasco da Gama is depicted under full sail, navigating toward the right, against the charted coastline of India north of Calicut as rendered in the Atlas of Lopo Homem-Reinéis of 1519. The legend 'INDIA - 1498' commemorates the year of Vasco da Gama's historic arrival on the Indian subcontinent. The engravers' names 'ISABEL C.-F.BRANCO' and the mint acronym 'INCM' appear in the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | ISABEL C.-F.BRANCO INCM INDIA - 1498 · |
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| Mint | INCM Lisbon, Portugal |
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