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5000 Reis - Luis I Pattern
| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 1866 |
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| Weight | 8.86 g |
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| Obverse description | Unadorned bust of King Luís I facing left, with short curly hair, occupying the central field. The date 1866 appears in the exergue below the truncation, accompanied by the engraver's signature C. WIENER. The surrounding legend reads LUDOVICUS · I · PORTUG : ET · ALGARB : REX, rendered in raised Latin characters within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse description | The elaborately mantled and crowned Portuguese royal arms occupy the central field, depicting the quartered shield with the traditional five escutcheons and castles, flanked by supporters rendered as richly draped mantle panels gathered beneath a royal crown at the top. The denomination 5000 REIS appears in raised letters along the lower portion of the field, within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | 5000 REIS |
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