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7½ Euros 500th anniversary of Magellan circum-navigation, Gold
| Issuer | Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (INCM) |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Engraver(s) | Luís Filipe Abreu |
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| Obverse lettering | 2019 PORTUGAL CIRCUM NAVEGAÇÃO 1519-1522 7.5€ |
| Reverse description | A bold, stylized bearded effigy of the explorer Fernão de Magalhães (Ferdinand Magellan) occupies the central field in high relief, rendered in a geometric, modernist style. A small caravel under sail is depicted to the lower left behind the portrait. The legend 'FERNÃO • DE • MAGALHÃES' arcs along the upper periphery. The inscription 'PARTIDA 1519' appears vertically along the right rim, and the mint and engraver credits 'INCM – L. F. ABREU' are inscribed in small lettering at the lower left. |
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Issued as part of Portugal's extended commemorative program marking the quincentenary of Magellan's 1519 departure from Sanlúcar de Barrameda, this gold piece belongs to a multi-year, multi-metal series that INCM stretched across the full five-year span of the original voyage. The fractional denomination — 7½ euros — deliberately echoes the old half-escudo unit, a numismatic nod to the currency Magellan's fleet actually carried.
Magellan himself never completed the circumnavigation; he was killed in the Philippines in April 1521. It was Juan Sebastián Elcano who brought the Victoria home with 18 surviving crew from an original complement of roughly 270.