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600 Réis Countermark 'Crowned G.P.' over 1 Cruzado - Portugal
| Issuer | Azores |
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| Year | 1887 |
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| Weight | 7.3 g |
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| Obverse description | The obverse of the host coin features the Portuguese royal arms — an escutcheon bearing the traditional quinas (five shields in cross arrangement, each charged with five bezants) and a bordure of castles — surmounted by a royal crown. A circular Latin legend surrounds the shield, reading IOANNES I G REX PORTUG with the date 1750 and denomination 400 (réis) flanking the shield within the field. Struck on behalf of João V, the design exhibits the characteristic baroque formalism of 18th-century Portuguese royal coinage. Applied over the center of this host coin is the 1887 Azorean countermark: a circular punch depicting the initials G.P. beneath a royal crown, validating the piece for circulation in the Azores at the revalued tariff of 600 réis. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The "Crowned G.P." countermark was applied by order of the Portuguese government to restamp Spanish-colonial and mainland Portuguese silver circulating in the Azores, formally revaluing host coins to meet local monetary needs without the expense of a full recoinage. The underlying 1 Cruzado planchet predates the countermark by centuries in some cases, making these pieces a collision of two entirely separate monetary moments.
The Gomes L1 25 series encompasses considerable variety in host coin condition and countermark placement, and the struck quality of the punch itself varies enough to create attribution disagreements.