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Vintém 'L-R' – João III Lisboa
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda de Lisboa |
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| Year | 1521-1555 |
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| Currency | Real (1517-1835) |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays the crowned Portuguese royal arms: a shield bearing the quinas (five escutcheons arranged in a cross, each charged with five roundels representing the five wounds of Christ) and surrounded by a bordure of seven castles, the whole surmounted by a royal crown. The numeral '8' appears to the left of the shield, indicating the denomination in réis or serving as a control mark. The heraldic shield is enclosed within a plain inner circle, with a circular Latin legend running along the coin's periphery bearing the king's name and royal titles in abbreviated form. |
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| Mintage | ND (1521-1555) L-R - AG#J3 45.01 - ND (1521-1555) L-R - AG#J3 46.01 - ND (1521-1555) L-R - AG#J3 47.01 - ND (1521-1555) L-R - AG#J3 48.01 - ND (1521-1555) L-R - AG#J3 49.01 - ND (1521-1555) L-R - AG#J3 49.02 (.../PORTVGALI) - ND (1521-1555) L-R - AG#J3 49.03 (.../PORTVGAL) - ND (1521-1555) L-R - AG#J3 50.01 (.../PORTVGALI) - ND (1521-1555) L-R - AG#J3 50.02 (/PORTVGA/...PORTVGAL) - |
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The vintém was the workhorse of Portuguese small commerce throughout the sixteenth century, and João III's long reign produced enough die varieties — Gomes catalogues at least six distinct emissions under this type alone — to keep specialists arguing over sequence and attribution for decades. The 'L-R' designation marks the mintmaster's initials flanking the shield, a convention that helps anchor individual pieces to specific administrative periods within the reign but rarely resolves cleanly given overlapping tenures.
João III's reign coincided with the peak of Portuguese imperial expansion and the establishment of the Estado da Índia's trading infrastructure, which put enormous pressure on the Lisbon mint to supply small silver for domestic exchange while bullion flowed in and out unpredictably from Goa and Brazil.