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400 Réis - José I Colonial Coinage
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda de Lisboa (Lisbon Mint) |
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| Year | 1755 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts a large armillary sphere — the emblematic navigational globe of the Portuguese Empire — rendered with intersecting latitude and longitude bands, presented in high relief against a plain field. A prominent diagonal slash mark, likely a contemporary countermark or cancellation, cuts across the globe from lower-left to upper-right. The circumferential legend reads SUB Q SIGN NATA STAB, an abbreviated Latin motto meaning 'Born and Stabilised under this Sign,' distributed across the upper and lower periphery separated by stops. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner border matching the obverse. |
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| Reverse lettering | SVBQ.SIGN.NATA.STAB. |
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1755 is one of the most loaded years in Portuguese history. On the morning of November 1st, while most of Lisbon's population was attending All Saints' Day mass, an earthquake estimated at magnitude 8.5–9.0 struck the city, followed by fires and a tsunami that collectively killed tens of thousands and destroyed the Lisbon Mint itself. Any 400 Réis struck at Casa da Moeda that year was produced before the disaster — the mint did not resume meaningful operations until reconstruction under the Marquis of Pombal was well underway.
Survivors of this issue predate the physical obliteration of the institution that made them.