Live auction - fwo_405619 - ANGOLA 1/2 Macuta Marie II 1858 Lisbonne
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Estimate : | 400 € |
Price : | 250 € |
Maximum bid : | 300 € |
End of the sale : | 08 November 2016 16:44:20 |
bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : 1/2 Macuta Marie II
Date: 1858
Mint name / Town : Lisbonne
Quantity minted : 226297
Metal : copper
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 18,91 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire d’une qualité remarquable. La pièce est recouverte d’une très belle patine marron au reflets cuivrés
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection JLV
Obverse
Obverse description : Armes couronnées du Portugal dans un globe.
Reverse
Reverse legend : .+. AFRICA. PORTUGUEZA. +. 1858.
Reverse description : MACUTA / 1/2 ; dans un cercle perlé parsemée de florette.
Commentary
Découvert par l’explorateur Diogo Cão à la fin du XVe siècle, l’Angola deviendra progressivement une colonie portugaise. Ce n’est qu’en 1975 au terme d’une terrible guerre de libération que le pays deviendra indépendant..