Uruguay

Date1973, 19 XII
Value$ 50
Catalog no.Mi 1293   Sc 870   SG 1549   Y&T 868
TopicCopernicus, Nicolas
Occasion500th birth anniversary
DescriptionPortrait of Copernicus. The device on the left side and the one he holds are armillary spheres, used as 'teaching aid', to demonstrate his theory. Inscription on the upper right corner in Spanish means 'On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres', the name of Copernicus' most important work.