INCM hat geschrieben:The official issue date it will be APRIL 17



Due to the importance of this theme in Portugal and worldwide the Mint decided besides the 2 euro coin to start a 4 coins program, a coin each year during the four years of the voyage a milestone of the most important steps of the expedition:

1519 - The Departure

1520 – The Magallen Passage

1521 – The Dead of Magellan

1522 - The Arrival with Delcano



This first coin of the series represents the departure of the flotilla.

All the coins of the series are created by Luis Filipe Abreu a prominent Portuguese author with an important work on the bank notes.