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10 000 Reis - Luiz I Pattern
| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 1878-1880 |
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| Weight | 9.53 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | LUDOVICUS·I·PORTUG: ET·ALGARB: REX · 1880 · F.A.C. |
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Pattern coinage under Luiz I was frequently commissioned to test proposed denominations or metal substitutions that never reached circulation — this copper strike almost certainly served as a compositional trial against silver production costs at the Casa da Moeda in Lisbon. The 10,000 réis face value on a 9.53g copper flan is a deliberate mismatch; no one intended this to circulate as struck.
The Gomes reference places it among a documented series of Luiz I essays, which gives it firm catalogued standing despite the absence of official mintage records for patterns of this type.