Description:
Obverse
Shield of Portugal & globe, or armillary spere, date, value and name of the country below.
Reverse
3 ships, caravelles, sailing left over a map and a silhouette of Australia. The date refer to the controversial discovery and reconnaissance of Australia by a Portuguese sailor Cristóvão de Mendonça long before the Dutsch Janszoon in 1606.
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