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40 Réis - João Prince Regent Countermarked 20 Réis
| Emittent | Brazil |
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| Jahr | 1809 |
| Typ | Standard circulation coin |
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| Aversbeschreibung | A crowned royal cipher displaying the face value XX in Roman numerals occupies the center of the field, flanked by the regnal year below. The entire design is encircled by a beaded border and the royal legend naming the joint monarchs, rendered in Latin script. A countermark applied in 1809 doubles the denomination to 40 Réis on this host 20 Réis coin. The crown above the cipher is rendered in high relief, characteristic of the Lisbon Mint style of the period. |
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| Reversbeschreibung | A terrestrial globe in armillary sphere style dominates the center of the field, with a network of meridian and parallel lines clearly delineated in relief. The globe is surmounted by a cross and rests upon a small ornamental support at the base, with the mint mark below. The surrounding circular legend in Latin script reads PECUNIA·TOTUM CIRCUMIT·ORBEM, affirming the universal circulation of coinage. The entire design is enclosed within a milled border, consistent with Portuguese colonial copper coinage of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. |
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In 1809, the Portuguese crown — then operating from Rio de Janeiro following the Napoleonic invasion of the Iberian Peninsula — faced an acute shortage of circulating copper. Rather than strike entirely new coinage, the remedy was pragmatic: existing 20 Réis pieces were counterstamped and revalued to 40 Réis, effectively doubling their face value overnight. The operation allowed the exiled court to expand the money supply without the infrastructure a full mint retooling would have required.
Counterstamp quality varies considerably across surviving examples, a predictable consequence of applying dies to coins already in circulation.