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80 Réis - José I Lisbon Mint
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda de Lisboa (Lisbon Mint) |
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| Year | 1768-1771 |
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| Currency | Real (1654-1799) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a large armillary sphere at center, depicted as a globus cruciger-style globe intersected by meridian and equatorial bands, a device closely associated with the Portuguese overseas empire and Brazil. Two foliate or scroll-like branches flank the sphere symmetrically at the lower sides, framing the central device. The abbreviated circular Latin legend SUBQ. SIGN. NATA STAB. (Sub Quo Signo Nata Stabilis — Under this sign it was born and will remain stable) runs around the periphery, separated by stops, within a dentilated border. The die work is characteristic of mid-eighteenth-century Lisbon Mint production, with crisp relief on the sphere's latitudinal and longitudinal lines. |
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José I's reign saw the Marquis of Pombal exercise near-total control over Portuguese economic policy, and the coinage reforms of the late 1760s were entirely his program. The 80 Réis denomination in silver was part of a broader rationalisation of the currency following the catastrophic 1755 Lisbon earthquake, which had devastated the mint's infrastructure and disrupted production for years.
Bentes lists two distinct varieties across this four-year window, suggesting at least one die revision during the run — not unusual given Pombal's documented interventions in mint administration.