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2400 Reis - Pedro IV Overprint on P#4 - John Prince Regent
| Issuer | Real Erário (Royal Treasury of Portugal) |
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| Year | 1826 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Plain paper reverse bearing multiple oval crowned royal arms validation stamps in black ink, applied at successive annual renewal dates spanning from August 1802 through 1810, each encircled by the month and year of endorsement. Several manuscript signatures or initials appear alongside the stamps, serving as successive period authentication marks confirming the note remained in valid circulation. |
| Reverse lettering | AGOSTO 1802 JUNHO JJ 1802 MARÇO 68 JULHO JJ 6 1803 AGOSTO JJ 4 1804 JUNHO 6 1810 |
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Portugal's 1826 succession crisis produced some of the more administratively awkward paper money in Iberian history. When Pedro IV abdicated the Portuguese throne in favor of his daughter Maria shortly after, the Royal Treasury was left holding stocks of earlier notes bearing John VI's imagery. Rather than reprint, the Erário applied a straightforward overprint solution — practical, cheap, and fast, given the political instability that would drag on through the Liberal Wars.
The overprint practice on the underlying João Prince Regent notes (P#4) means condition on surviving examples varies significantly by impression quality; weak or misaligned strikes are well documented in this series.