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Vintem - Manuel I ºMº, inverted •P •, Porto mint
| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 1495-1521 |
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| Value | 1 Vintém = 20 Réis (Reais) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a large Gothic capital 'M' crowned with a royal crown, flanked on each side by a small circular pellet, all contained within a beaded or toothed inner circle. The letter 'M' serves as the royal monogram of King Manuel I. A circular legend in Latin runs around the periphery of the coin, rendered in Gothic script. The mint mark 'P' for Porto appears inverted among the design elements, serving as an attribution marker for the Porto mint. The overall style is consistent with late medieval Iberian hammered coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Manuel I's reign coincided with Portugal's most explosive period of Atlantic and Indian Ocean expansion, and the royal mints struggled to keep pace with the demand for small silver coinage as trade networks multiplied. The Porto mint's output during this period is distinguishable from Lisbon's by the ºMº mintmaster mark — and this particular die pairing, with an inverted •P•, almost certainly reflects the practical realities of a workshop where punches were hand-set and errors of orientation went uncorrected once a die entered production.
Gomes E1.36 is among the more specialized varieties within the Vintem series. The inverted P punch is a confirmed die curiosity, not a restrike or fantasy.