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Medal - Miño river

Features

Location Spain
Type Art medals
Year 1965
Composition Copper
Diameter 85 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled (high relief)
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
564438

Commemorative issue

Miño

Series: Rivers of Spain

Obverse

Stylized bust of man front-facing with hand on his beard simulating the birth of a river.

Script: Latin

Lettering: MIÑO

Designer: Fernando Somoza

Reverse

Three stylized people, one seated, with a river and fruit trees.

Script: Latin

Designer: Fernando Somoza

Edge

Plain

Mint

Royal Mint of Madrid (Real Casa de la Moneda de Madrid), Spain (1591-date)

Comments

The Minho (or Miño) is the longest river in the autonomous community of Galicia in Spain, with a length of 340 kilometres (210 mi). It forms a part of the international border between Spain and Portugal. By discharge volume, it is the fourth largest river of the Iberian Peninsula after the Douro, Ebro, and Tagus rivers.

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