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5 Réis - Maria II London mint
| Issuer | Azores |
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| Year | 1830 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Crowned Portuguese royal arms at center, displaying the quartered shield with castles and bezants within a decorative frame, surmounted by an ornate royal crown. The heraldic device occupies the majority of the field. A circular legend reading MARIA·II·DEI·GRATIA surrounds the arms, inscribed along the coin's periphery in Roman capitals. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Azores obtained dedicated copper coinage in this period partly because metropolitan Portuguese copper rarely reached the islands in sufficient quantity — the Atlantic transit made small-denomination supply chronically unreliable. This London-struck issue was produced under the regency authority of Maria II while she was still a minor, her father Pedro IV having abdicated the Portuguese throne in her favor in 1826 before returning to Brazil. The political situation was anything but settled; her uncle Miguel would seize power in 1828 and declare himself absolute king, meaning coins struck in Maria's name during this window carry the authority of a monarch actively being deposed.