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40 Reis - João Prince Countermark 'SHIELD' over 'XX Réis, José I'
| Issuer | Angola |
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| Year | 1809 |
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| Reference(s) | Gomes#JR 12 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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In 1809, facing a chronic shortage of small change in the Angolan colony, Portuguese authorities authorized the countermarking of existing XX Réis pieces of José I to circulate at double their face value. The crowned shield punch was applied locally, a rough administrative solution to a supply problem that Lisbon was in no position to remedy — the royal court had fled to Brazil the previous year under British naval escort, with Napoleon's forces occupying Lisbon.
The Gomes reference documents considerable variation in punch placement and depth, a predictable consequence of hurried, decentralized application.