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20 Réis - Pedro II Large Crown - Bahia Mint
| Issuer | Kingdom of Portugal |
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| Year | 1695 |
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| Engraver(s) | Domingos Ferreira Zambuja |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a quartered cross design, characteristic of 17th-century Portuguese coinage, with decorative elements at each quadrant dividing the field. Small rosettes or pellets are positioned at the terminals of the cross arms, filling the angles between quarters. A toothed or beaded border frames the entire design, consistent with the hammered technique employed at the Bahia Mint. The overall composition is typical of the Portuguese colonial réis series, with the cross motif evoking the national and religious symbolism of the Portuguese Crown. The strike shows typical irregularity associated with hand-hammered planchets of this era. |
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The 1695 Bahia coinage emerged from Portugal's first permanent mint established in Brazil, opened that same year specifically to process silver and gold flowing from the interior — decades before the great Minas Gerais gold strikes made Brazilian production famous. The Bahia mint operated under persistent pressure to convert raw bullion quickly, and the small fractional silver pieces from its earliest years are frequently encountered with weak or off-center strikes as the facility found its footing.
Pedro II of Portugal died in 1706, meaning this piece circulated under a king who never set foot in Brazil.