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10 Réis - João V Crown with 4 Arches, Lisbon Mint
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda de Lisboa |
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| Year | 1714 |
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| Currency | Real (1654-1799) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | PECVNIA·TOTVM CIRCVMIT·ORBEM (Translation: Money Circulates Worldwide.) |
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João V came to the Portuguese throne in 1706 inheriting a kingdom still entangled in the War of Spanish Succession, but by 1714 the Treaty of Utrecht had just resettled European borders and Brazilian gold was beginning to flow into Lisbon in quantities that would define his entire reign. The copper small-denomination coinage of this period is something of a paradox — minted by a crown suddenly flush with New World bullion yet still obligated to supply everyday commerce with base-metal coin.
The Bentes 167.01 reference distinguishes this specific emission within a type that saw multiple die variations across the period. Casa da Moeda de Lisboa struck these under conditions that were organizationally strained; the mint's primary attention and resources were increasingly directed toward processing the torrents of Brazilian gold arriving for the celebrated gold moidore issues.