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Description:
Obverse
Inside a circle left profile of Columbus with over a geometrical composition with the astrolabe, the wind rose and the geographic profiles of the Americas. Author's name on lower right of profile.
Reverse
Representation of an astrolabe and a caravel in a double circle. VAlue and date are on the horizontal diameter.
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