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300 Réis - Luís I Countermark 'Crowned G.P.' over 200 Réis - Pedro II, Brazil Imp.
| Issuer | Azores |
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| Year | 1887 |
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| Value | 300 Réis |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Portugal's Atlantic island dependencies periodically suffered acute coin shortages, and the Azores administration solved chronic small-denomination deficits through authorized countermarking of existing currency rather than commissioning fresh dies. This 1887 application of the crowned G.P. stamp — standing for Governo Português — converted a Brazilian 200 Réis into local tender at 300 Réis, a 50% revaluation that acknowledged both the silver content and the practical reality that beggars cannot be choosers when your nearest mint is over 1,500 kilometers away.
The host coin, a Pedro II Brazilian imperial issue, had already traveled across the South Atlantic before receiving its Azorean identity.