Portugal 1000 Reis 1898 Carlos I. 4th Centennary of the Discovery of India Commemorative. PCGS MS63

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Certification details

PCGS Certification number: 56458396

Grade: MS63

Nominal value: 1000 R

Year: 1898

Name: 1898 1000 R Discovery of India KM-539 Ag

Country: Portugal

Material: Silver

Major Variety: Discovery of India KM-539

Catalog Number: PCGS 974611

PCGS Catalog Number: 974611

1898, Kingdom of Portugal, Carlos I. Silver 1000 Reis Coin. PCGS MS-63!

Mint Year: 1898
Reference: KM-539.
Mintage: 300,000 pcs.
Condition: Certified and graded by PCGS as MS-63!
Denomination: 1000 reis - 4th Centennary of the Discovery of India Commemorative.
Material: Silver (.917)
Diameter: 37mm
Weight: 25gm

Obverse: Conjoined busts of King Carlos I of Portugal and Queen Amélie left.
Legend: CARLOS I REI E AMELIA RAINHA DE PORTUGAL

Reverse: Cross of Jerusalem (arms of Portugal) with four rosettes in fields. Motto around, anniversary dates below.
Outer Legend: 4o. CENTENARIO DA DESCOBERTA DA INDIA * 1000 REIS *
Inner Legend: IN HOC SIGNO VINCES * 1498 - 1898 *



The squadron of Vasco da Gama left Portugal in 1497, rounded the Cape and continued along the coast of East Africa, where a local pilot was brought on board who guided them across the Indian Ocean, reaching Calicut in western India in May 1498. The second voyage to India was dispatched in 1500 under Pedro Álvares Cabral. While following the same south-westerly route as da Gama across the Atlantic Ocean, Cabral made landfall on the Brazilian coast. This was probably an accidental discovery, but it has been speculated that the Portuguese secretly knew of Brazil's existence and that it lay on their side of the Tordesillas line. Cabral recommended to the Portuguese King that the land be settled, and two follow up voyages were sent in 1501 and 1503. The land was found to be abundant in pau-brasil, or brazilwood, from which it later inherited its name, but the failure to find gold or silver meant that for the time being Portuguese efforts were concentrated on India. On 8 July 1497 the fleet, consisting of four ships and a crew of 170 men, left Lisbon The travel led by Vasco da Gama to Calicut was the starting point for deployment of Portuguese in the African east coast and in the Indian Ocean. The first contact occurred on 20 May 1498. After some conflict, he got an ambiguous letter for trade with the Zamorin of Calicut, leaving there some men to establish a trading post. Since then explorations lost the private nature, taking place under the exclusive of the Portuguese Crown. Shortly after, was established in Lisbon the Casa da India to administer the royal monopoly of navigation and trade.





Carlos ( English: Charles I) the Diplomat (also known as the Martyr; Portuguese: o Diplomata and o Martirizado; 28 September 1863 – 1 February 1908), named Carlos Fernando Luís Maria Víctor Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga Xavier Francisco de Assis José Simão de Bragança Sabóia Bourbon e Saxe-Coburgo-Gotha, was the 33rd (or 34th or 35th according to some historians) and penultimate King of Portugal and the Algarves. He was the first Portuguese king to die a violent death since Sebastian of Portugal (1578). This occurred in 1908, when Carlos was murdered in Lisbon as he travelled in an open carriage with the royal family.

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