80 Réis - Maria II

The Azores 80 Réis of 1829 was struck under the authority of Maria II while the young queen's claim to the Portuguese throne was still actively contested by her uncle Miguel, who had seized power in Lisbon the previous year. The islands remained one of the few territories that refused to recognize Miguel's usurpation, making this coinage a direct political act — the Azores were effectively issuing money in the name of a monarch who did not yet hold her own kingdom.

Liberal forces used the archipelago as a staging ground for the eventual reconquest of Portugal, completed in 1834.