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5 Réis - João Prince Regent hybrid coin
| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 1799 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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This piece occupies an unusual transitional moment: struck under João as Prince Regent after his mother Maria I was declared mentally incapacitated in 1799, it retains obverse dies from the previous reign rather than introducing wholly new imagery — hence the "hybrid" designation in Gomes. The administrative machinery of the Casa da Moeda moved slowly, and die exhaustion drove practical decisions over protocol.
Gomes JR 02 is among the scarcer of João's early copper issues, with surviving examples disproportionately found in lower circulated grades consistent with heavy colonial and domestic use.