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20 Réis - João VI Rio de Janeiro mint
| Uitgever | Casa da Moeda do Rio de Janeiro |
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| Jaar | 1820 |
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| Waarde | 20 Réis |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | JOANNES.VI.D.G.PORT.BRAS.ET.ALG.REX 20 1820 (Translation: John VI, King of Portugal, Brasil and Algarve, by Grace of God) |
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| Schrift keerzijde | Latin |
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João VI issued this copper coinage from Rio de Janeiro under circumstances unique in Atlantic world history — he was a reigning European monarch governing from his colonial capital, having relocated the entire Portuguese court to Brazil in 1808 after Napoleon's invasion of Lisbon. The Rio mint, reactivated specifically to supply the transplanted court's monetary needs, produced small copper denominations like this to serve the local economy Napoleon had inadvertently forced into self-sufficiency.
By 1820, the year this piece was struck, revolutionary pressure in Portugal was already building toward the Liberal Revolution that would force João's reluctant return to Lisbon the following year.