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5 Réis - Maria II
| Issuer | Azores |
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| Year | 1843 |
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| In circulation to | 1915 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Azorean copper issues of Maria II's reign existed because the islands operated under a separate monetary framework from mainland Portugal — a practical concession to the archipelago's chronic shortage of small change and its geographic isolation. This 1843 piece was struck at a point when Maria II's government was still consolidating authority following the Liberal Wars, a dynastic and ideological conflict that had ended less than a decade earlier with the defeat of the Miguelites at Évora-Monte in 1834.
KM#10 is the sole copper five réis type attributed to her Azorean issues, with Gomes cataloguing it under a single die marriage.