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Medal - Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus
| Location | Spain |
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| Year | 1892 |
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| Weight | 177 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ꕥ Cristobal Colon descubrió el nuevo Mundo el doce de Octubre de mil cuatrocientos noventa y dos, reinando en Castilla y Aragón Doña Isabel y Don Fernando B. Maura |
| Reverse description | High-relief scene depicting Christopher Columbus standing and gesturing toward King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, who are shown crowned and robed before a canopied throne; to the left, indigenous figures from the New World accompany Columbus as part of the presentation. The engraver's signature B. MAURA and the date MADRID 1892 appear at the lower rim, with the legend CUARTO CENTENARIO and the Roman numeral date M·DCCC·XCII inscribed in the exergue. |
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