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640 Réis - Carlos I Countermark SHIELD over '640 Réis, Brazil'
| Issuer | Angola |
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| Year | 1895 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by the crowned Portuguese royal arms, displaying the full quartered shield with the five escutcheons of Portugal and the castle bordure of Castile, surmounted by a royal crown. A superimposed counterstamp in the form of a small crowned shield — applied under the authority of King Carlos I for Angolan circulation — is struck over the host coin's design. The circular legend reads PETRVS II D. G. PORT. REX. ET. BRAS. D., with the date 1699 and denomination numeral 640 appearing in the field flanking the arms. The coin's milled border is defined by a rope or beaded inner ring consistent with late 17th-century Portuguese colonial minting practice. |
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| Obverse lettering | PETRVS II D. G. PORT. REX. ET. BRAS. D. 640 1699 (Translation: Pedro II, by the Grace of God, King of Portugal and Lord of Brazil.) |
| Reverse description | Central device depicts a large armillary sphere, rendered in high relief with clearly delineated meridian and parallel bands, set upon a decorative stand. Superimposed diagonally across the sphere is the cross of the Order of Christ, with broad flared arms extending to the inner border. The circular legend SVBQ. SIGN. NATA. STAB. is distributed around the periphery between the arms of the cross, separated by pellet stops. The overall composition reflects the standard reverse type of late 17th- and early 18th-century Portuguese Brazilian silver coinage, combining the armillary sphere — a symbol of the Portuguese overseas empire — with the crusading cross of the Order of Christ. |
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