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200 Euros Pacific Ocean - Núñez de Balboa
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Spain (Real Casa de la Moneda) |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Value | 200 Euros |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a portrait of Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the Spanish conquistador and explorer, reproduced after the painting held in the Naval Museum of Madrid. The effigy is rendered in fine relief within the central field. The surrounding legend reads 'ESPAÑA 2013 VASCO NÚÑEZ DE BALBOA M 1513-2013', commemorating the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the Pacific Ocean. |
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| Obverse lettering | ESPAÑA 2013 VASCO NÚÑEZ DE BALBOA M 1513-2013 |
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Vasco Núñez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama in September 1513 and became the first European to sight the Pacific Ocean from the Americas — an event that fundamentally altered European understanding of global geography. This coin was issued exactly five centuries after that crossing. Balboa waded into the water in full armor, sword drawn, and formally claimed the ocean and all lands touching it for the Crown of Castile, a legal gesture that would anchor Spanish imperial ambitions across the entire Pacific basin for the next three centuries.