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3200 Réis - João V 1st Type of Shield, Rio de Janeiro Mint
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda do Brasil |
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| Year | 1727-1729 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Draped laureate bust of King João V facing right, rendered in high relief with elaborately curled long hair and a laurel wreath. The mint mark 'R' for Rio de Janeiro appears below the truncation, flanked by the four-digit date in the exergue. The encircling Latin legend reads IOANNES. V. D. G. PORT. ET. ALG. REX., separated by pellet stops, running clockwise from the lower left. The portrait exhibits the refined Baroque engraving style characteristic of early eighteenth-century Portuguese colonial coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The Portuguese royal arms of João V displayed on an elaborate Baroque cartouche, featuring the quintas (five escutcheons in cross formation, each charged with five bezants) within a large rounded shield, surrounded by ornate foliate and scroll mantling. The entire composition is surmounted by a royal crown of fleurs-de-lis. No peripheral legend appears on the reverse, leaving the field entirely occupied by the heraldic design. The bold, deeply struck relief of the armorial bearings exemplifies the high artistic standard of early Rio de Janeiro mint production. |
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