Description
The event, known as the first Portuguese territorial discovery, marked a historic milestone in
the consolidation of Portugal as a maritime power and gave rise to the Portuguese Age of Discoveries (1418-1522).
The design depicts the Madeira Archipelago and the island of Porto Santo. In semicircle are the inscriptions ‘600 anos do Descobrimento da Madeira e de Porto Santo’ and ‘PORTUGAL 2019’.
Subject of commemoration
600 years of the discovery of the Madeira Archipelago, by the Portuguese navigators Bartolomeu Perestrelo and Tristão Vaz.
Date of issue
2019-07-01
Issuing country
Portugal
Coin image
![600 years of the discovery of the Madeira Archipelago, by the Portuguese navigators Bartolomeu Perestrelo and Tristão Vaz. 600 years of the discovery of the Madeira Archipelago, by the Portuguese navigators Bartolomeu Perestrelo and Tristão Vaz.](/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_medium_no_crop/public/2020-02/madeira.jpg?itok=QePv-6b9)
Official Journal
Issuing volume
500000