5 Réis - Maria II

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.