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320 Réis - Carlos I Countermark SHIELD over 320 Réis, José/Brazil
| Issuer | Angola |
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| Year | 1895 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the crowned Portuguese royal arms — the escutcheon bearing the quinas and castles — centrally positioned in the field, with the date 1753 split across the shield flanking the crown, and the mintmark below. A rectangular countermark depicting a small shield, applied in 1895 for use in Angola, is stamped directly onto the face of the royal arms. The peripheral legend reads JOSEPHUS I D G PORT REX ET BRAS D, identifying José I as King of Portugal and Lord of Brazil, separated by floriate ornaments. The coin's milled border frames the composition, with the entire design executed in the characteristic Baroque style of mid-eighteenth-century Portuguese colonial coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | JOSEPHUS. I. D. G. PORT. REX. ET. BRAS. D. (Translation: José, by the Grace of God, King of Portugal and Lord of Brazil.) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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