2011 Portugal 2 euro commemorative coin:
500th Birthday of Fernão Mendes Pinto.
The inner part of the coin commemorating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Fernão Mendes Pinto,
a Portuguese explorer whose book on his discoveries and adventures in the seas and countries of
Asia was published posthumously under title 'Peregrinação' (Pilgrimage), depicts a sailing ship floating
on a sea formed by a series of wave-shaped references to Portugal, Lisbon, his book and some
of the destinations of his travels, With the country designation Portugal centred beneath them.
His name flanked by the dates 1511 and 2011 form a semicircle around the upper edge of the inner part.
The coin’s outer ring bears the 12 stars of the European Union.
Date of Issue: 15. september 2011
Diameter: 25.75 mm.
Thickness: 2.20 mm.
Metal: Outer part: copper-nickel; inner part: three layers: nickel brass, nickel, nickel brass
Weight: 8.5g.
Issuing volume: 520 000
Designer:
- Model: EUR PRT 2011
- Brand/Manufactured by: [Euro coins]
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