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V Réis - Luíz I
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda de Lisboa (Lisbon Mint) |
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| Year | 1871-1874 |
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| Reference(s) | Gomes#L1 01.xx, KM#2.1-2.4 |
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| Obverse lettering | LUDOVICUS * I * DEI * GRATIA |
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| Mintage | 1871 - Gomes # L1 01.01 - 240,000 1872 - Gomes # L1 01.02 - 700,000 1873 - Gomes # L1 01.03 - 600,000 1874 - Gomes # L1 01.04 - 1,080,000 |
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Portugal's copper réis coinage of the 1870s existed in a monetary system already under quiet siege — the country had adopted a bimetallic framework aligned with the Latin Monetary Union's principles without formally joining it, leaving the réis structurally awkward against the franc-based bloc. The five réis piece was the smallest practical unit in daily commerce, changing hands in markets and taverns where silver rarely reached.
The KM# 2.1 through 2.4 variants reflect sequential die modifications across the four-year run, distinguishable primarily by subtle changes to the date punches.