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5 Réis - Maria II
| Issuer | Azores |
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| Year | 1843 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the Portuguese royal coat of arms — a quartered shield displaying the five quinas and the bordure of castles — surmounted by an ornate royal crown. The shield is flanked by decorative foliate scrollwork. The encircling legend reads MARIA II DEI GRATIA, interrupted at the base by the lower rim, with the inscription distributed around the upper and lateral periphery within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Azorean copper issues of Maria II's reign existed because the islands operated under a separate monetary framework from mainland Portugal — a practical concession to the archipelago's chronic shortage of small change and its geographic isolation. This 1843 piece was struck at a point when Maria II's government was still consolidating authority following the Liberal Wars, a dynastic and ideological conflict that had ended less than a decade earlier with the defeat of the Miguelites at Évora-Monte in 1834.
KM#10 is the sole copper five réis type attributed to her Azorean issues, with Gomes cataloguing it under a single die marriage.