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X Réis '1/2 vintém' - Pedro Prince Regent
| Issuer | Portuguese Monarchy |
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| Year | 1672-1677 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a crowned royal shield of Portugal, displaying the characteristic quinas (five escutcheons) arranged in a cross pattern, characteristic of the Portuguese royal arms of the period. The Roman numeral X, denoting the denomination of 10 Réis, appears prominently within or adjacent to the shield. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner border, with the partial legend PETRVS D G R PORTV arranged around the periphery in Latin characters. The overall strike is typical of hammered coinage, exhibiting irregular flan shape and uneven relief. The style reflects the reduced-size fractional silver coinage produced during the regency of Dom Pedro. |
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| Obverse lettering | PETRVS D G R PORTV .X. |
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The "meio vintém" was among the smallest silver coins in regular circulation anywhere in seventeenth-century Europe — at under half a gram, it was notoriously easy to lose, clip, and counterfeit. Pedro governed as regent from 1668 following the forced abdication of his brother Afonso VI, whose incapacity he engineered through a combination of political maneuvering and, ultimately, confinement. The coin's five-year window reflects the regency period precisely, before Pedro assumed the throne outright as Pedro II in 1683.