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XX Réis - Luiz I
| Issuer | Angola |
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| Year | 1871-1874 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the Roman numeral denomination XX in large characters at the center of the field, enclosed within a wreath composed of two branches — an olive branch to the left and an oak branch to the right — tied at the base with a ribbon bow. The date 1874 appears in the exergue below the wreath. The circular legend PORTUGALIÆ ET ALGARBIORUM REX runs along the upper periphery, separated by small dot stops, within a beaded inner border. |
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Angola's copper coinage of this period was struck in Lisbon under the authority of the Casa da Moeda, supplied to the colony as part of Portugal's broader effort to formalize monetary circulation in its African territories following decades of reliance on trade goods and improvised exchange. The 1870s issues coincided with the gradual administrative tightening of Portuguese Angola, though actual penetration of coin-based commerce into the interior remained limited well into the following century.
The Gomes reference places this among the earlier Luiz I colonial types — struck across a four-year window, likely in response to ongoing shortages rather than a single authorized run.