XX Réis - Luiz I

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.