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5000 Reis - Pedro IV Overprint on P#11 - John Prince Regent
| Issuer | Real Erário (Royal Treasury), Portugal |
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| Year | 1826 |
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| Shape | Rectangular with undulating edge |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress note on the original P#11 apólice stock, dated Lisbon 2 March 1799. Four vignette panels arranged across the upper register contain animal motifs — goats, birds, chickens, and lions — flanking the left and right margins. A red overprint in starburst form reading 'D. PEDRO IV – 1826' with a royal crown is applied at centre, validating the reissue under King Pedro IV. |
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| Signature(s) | Joaquim José de Souza and Ignácio Antonio Ribeiro |
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When João VI died in March 1826, his son Pedro — already Emperor of Brazil — briefly became King of Portugal as Pedro IV before abdicating in favour of his daughter Maria. This note belongs to the awkward transitional weeks that followed: rather than printing an entirely new series, the Real Erário overprinted existing João VI stock with Pedro IV's title. The underlying note is P#11, a João Prince Regent issue, making this a document that layers three successive reigns into a single piece of paper.
The overprint solution was purely practical — Portugal's treasury had no time for a full reissue during a succession crisis that would soon collapse into civil war between Miguelists and Liberals.