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Tostão - Pedro Prince Regent
| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 1677-1683 |
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| Value | 1 Tostão= 100 Reais |
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| Reverse lettering | IN · HOC · SIGNO · VINCES |
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| Mintage | ND (1677-1683) - Gomes# PR 50.01( ·*· and pearled crown) - ND (1677-1683) - Gomes# PR 50.02 ( ·*· and single crown) - ND (1677-1683) - Gomes# PR 51.01 (Diamond * diamond at each side/ PORTVGALIÆ) - ND (1677-1683) - Gomes# PR 51.02 (The same but bigger cross) - ND (1677-1683) - Gomes# PR 51.03 (Diamond * diamond at each side/ PORTVGALIÆ·ET) - ND (1677-1683) - Gomes# PR 52.01 (*·*·*·* at each side) - |
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Pedro governed as Prince Regent from 1668 after forcing his brother Afonso VI into exile — first to the Azores, then to Sintra, where Afonso died under house arrest in 1683. The regency coinage was struck under that constitutional ambiguity: Pedro held full executive power but could not style himself king while his brother lived. This tostão therefore circulates under a title, Prince Regent, that reflects a carefully managed political fiction sustained for fifteen years.