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8 Macutas - José I
| Issuer | Angola |
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| Year | 1762-1770 |
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| Value | 8 Macutas (400) |
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| Reverse lettering | ·1770· *.AFRICA·PORTUGUEZA·* MACUTAS 8 |
| Edge | Milled |
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Angola's macuta coinage was established under a 1762 royal decree that created a localized currency system for Portuguese West Africa — one of the earliest deliberate attempts to produce a colonial-specific silver denomination rather than simply exporting metropolitan coinage. The 8 macutas sat at the top of that hierarchy, making it the highest-value piece in routine colonial circulation.
José I's reign saw Portugal still operating under the overwhelming influence of the Marquis of Pombal, who drove much of the administrative restructuring that made this coinage possible.