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10 Réis - Joao V Lisbon mint
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda de Lisboa |
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| Year | 1715-1749 |
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| Currency | Real (18th century-1914) |
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| Reverse description | The central device depicts a boldly struck armillary sphere — the traditional Portuguese symbol of overseas dominion — rendered without a mint workshop letter, showing the characteristic grid of meridian and parallel bands encircled by a diagonal ecliptic ring. The sphere occupies the full field and is enclosed within a beaded border. The circumferential legend, separated by pellets, reads PECUNIA.TOTUM.CIRCUMIT.ORBEM ('Money goes around the whole world'), referencing Portugal's global maritime trade. |
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| Reverse lettering | PECUNIA.TOTUM.CIRCUMIT.ORBEM |
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João V's copper ceiro issues were produced under a royal monetary reform intended to rationalize Portugal's badly debased small-denomination coinage — a problem that had accumulated across decades of colonial drain and wartime expenditure. The Lisbon mint struck these across a remarkably long run, from 1715 until João V's death in 1750, with documented die variations across the series that Gomes catalogued systematically.
Portuguese copper of this period circulated hard, and survivors in problem-free condition are genuinely scarce. The 10 réis saw heavy use in domestic markets where silver was hoarded or exported to Brazil.