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1000 Réis - Maria II
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda (Lisbon Mint) |
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| Year | 1851 |
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| Composition | Gold (.9166) |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing draped bust of Queen Maria II of Portugal, her hair elegantly dressed in ringlets and gathered at the nape with a floral ornament, rendered in high relief with fine detail. The effigy occupies the central field, truncated at the neck. The surrounding legend reads MARIA · II · PORTUG : ET · ALGARB : REGINA, separated by raised dots, with the date 1851 positioned at the base below the bust. The coin's border is decorated with a continuous beaded rim. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Maria II's reign saw Portugal clinging to financial stability after decades of civil war between Liberal and Absolutist factions — the Liberal Wars ended in 1834, but the treasury remained strained well into the 1840s. This small gold piece circulated within a monetary system still struggling to normalize after years of wartime fiscal disruption.
The 1851 date places it in the final year of her reign before her death in November of that year during childbirth with her eleventh child.