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Peça - Maria I Pattern
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda de Lisboa |
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| Year | 1800 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | MARIA · I · DEI · GRA · PORT · ET · A · REGINA · |
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Pattern coinage from Casa da Moeda de Lisboa in 1800 occupies a strange historical position: Maria I had been declared legally incapacitated in 1792 following a mental collapse, leaving her son João as prince regent, yet official coinage continued under her name until her death in 1816. This piece is catalogued under Gomes E4-02, suggesting it was among several experimental strikes probing denominations or alloy standards that were never adopted for circulation.
The silver fabric for a peça-denomination pattern is itself the curiosity — the peça was conventionally a gold issue.