10 Pesos ¡Tierra, Tierra! - with exergue

Reverse

Three vessels of Columbus, on a curly sea, with a small piece of land on right, sailing to right behind the date on the exergue

Script: Latin

Lettering:
¡TIERRA, TIERRA!
V CENTENARIO
1989
12 DE OCTUBRE (over) 1492

Translation:
LAND, LAND! (words of Rodrigo de Triana, the centinel, when he first saw the new continent)
5th. CENTENARY
October 12th. 1942 (date of the discovery of America)

Engraver: J. R. P.

Edge

Reeded

Comment

The image shows the view from behind of the 3 Columbus Vessels when reaching America for the first time; ¡Tierra, Tierra! were the the words of Rodrigo de Triana, first European man to see America land, a island named Guanahani, which exact location is still is under discussion.
In the image Triana is shown waving on top of the closest vessel ("La Pinta"), while announcing the sight of land.

VARIANTS:
There are two obverse variants: the older style, where the coat of arms has plain strips on left side, and the wreath is thin; and the newer one where the strips are reeded and the wreath is thick.


Detail of variant KM# 249.1 on left; KM# 249.2 on right.

There is another version of this coin, KM# 238, without exergue on the reverse, see the link.

Detail of this coin on left, KM# 238 on right.

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
1989	8855	-	-	-	-	-	-

Values in the table are based on evaluations by sales realized on Internet platforms. They serve as an indication only for 10 Pesos (¡Tierra, Tierra! - with exergue) 1989 coin.