The Belem Tower viewed from Tagus banks, on the Hieronymites Monastery’s side. The most important items composing the tower are highlighted, such as the turrets or the cross-ribs. On the lower part of the design, an old coin contemporary to the tower, O Português, is inscribed in one of the tower’s balustrades.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
RF
500 ans
Tour de
Belém
UNESCO
2019
Reverse description
A portrait of Vasco da Gama, key symbol of the Portuguese Age of Discovery, items related to navigation, such as Vasco da Gama’s caravel, the sea or the navigation compass.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
550 ans
Vasco de Gama
5 eURO
Edge
Smooth
Mint
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)