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20 Réis - Luiz I
| Issuer | Azores |
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| Year | 1865-1866 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | The crowned Portuguese royal arms occupy the center of the field, set within an elaborate baroque cartouche with scrolling foliate ornaments. The shield displays the traditional quinas arrangement of five escutcheons charged with bezants, and is surmounted by a royal crown. Floral sprigs flank the cartouche on either side. The circular legend reads LUDOVICUS I DEI GRATIA, distributed around the periphery, with a finely toothed milled border framing the entire design. |
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| Reverse lettering | PORTUGALIAE ET ALGARBIORUM REX 20 1865 (Translation: King of Portugal and the Algarves) |
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The Azorean copper coinage of the 1860s existed because the islands operated under a distinct monetary administration from mainland Portugal, a legacy of their geographic isolation that persisted well into the constitutional monarchy. Luiz I had ascended in 1861 following the sudden death of Pedro V from typhoid, and the early years of his reign saw several regional monetary adjustments as the new government rationalized inherited currency arrangements.
The two-year window of 1865–1866 is the entirety of this type's production run.