10 Reis Kingdom of Portugal (1139-1910) Copper Maria II of Portug ...

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Issue year(s):
1867,1868,1870-1874

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Maria II of Portugal (1819-1853)                   
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Urcaquary

1850, Portugal, Maria II. Large Copper X Reis (10 Reis) Coin.

Mint Year: 1848
Reference: KM-481
Denomination: 10 Reis (X Reis)
Material: Copper
Weight: 12.72gm
Diameter: 32mm

Obverse: Crowned coat-of-arms within foliage.
Legend: MARIA + II + DEI + GRATIA

Reverse:
Value (X) within wreath. Date in legend below.
Legend: PORTUGALIAE . ET . ALGARBIORUM . REGINA + 1850 +

Dona Maria II (4 April 1819 – 15 November 1853) was Queen regnant of Portugal from 1826 to 1828 and later from 1834 to 1853. She was Queen regnant of the Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves. She was a member of the House of Braganza.

Born Maria da Glória Joana Carlota Leopoldina da Cruz Francisca Xavier de Paula Isidora Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, in Rio de Janeiro, she was the daughter of the future King of Portugal and first Emperor of Brazil, Pedro IV and I and his first wife Maria Leopoldina, Archduchess of Austria, herself a daughter of Emperor Francis II. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Maria is the only European monarch to have been born outside of Europe, though she was still born in Portuguese territory.

When Maria’s grandfather King John VI died in March 1826, there was a succession crisis in Portugal. The king had a male heir, Peter, but Peter had proclaimed the independence of Brazil in 1822 and he was then Emperor Peter I of that country. The late king also had a younger son, Miguel, but he was exiled in Austria after leading a number of revolutions against his father and his liberal regime.

Before his death, the king had nominated his favourite daughter, Isabel Maria, to serve as regent until “the legitimate heir returned to the Kingdom” — but he had failed to specify which of his sons was the legitimate heir: Peter, the liberal Emperor of Brazil, or Miguel, the absolutist exiled prince.

Most people considered Peter to be the legitimate heir, but Brazil did not want him to unite Portugal and Brazil’s thrones again. The European country had been under Brazilian rule when both were part of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, established by King John VI during his stay in Rio de Janeiro from 1808 until 1820. Aware that his brother’s supporters were ready to bring Miguel back and put him in the throne, Peter decided for a more consensual option; he abdicated the throne to his eldest daughter, Maria da Glória (who was only seven years old), and she should marry her uncle Miguel, who should accept the liberal constitution and act as a regent until his niece was an adult.

Miguel pretended to accept, but when he arrived in Portugal he deposed Maria and proclaimed himself King, abrogating the liberal constitution in the process. During his reign of terror, Maria traveled to many European courts, including her grandfather’s in Vienna, as well as London and Paris.

Peter abdicated the Brazilian throne in 1831 in favor of his son (and Maria’s younger brother, Pedro II), and from his base in the Azores he attacked Miguel, forcing him to abdicate in 1834. Maria was thereupon restored to the throne, and obtained an annulment of her betrothal.

On 26 January 1835 she married, at the age of fifteen, Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg, son of Eugène de Beauharnais, and grandson of Empress Josephine. However, he died only two months later on 28 March 1835.

On 1 January 1836 Maria married the cultured and able Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He received the title of King consort in 1837, in accordance with Portuguese custom, upon the birth of their first child Peter, an heir to the throne.

In 1842, Pope Gregory XVI presented Maria with a Golden Rose.

Maria’s reign saw a revolutionary insurrection on 16 May 1846, but this was crushed by royalist troops on 22 February 1847, and Portugal otherwise avoided the European upheavals of 1848. Maria’s reign was also notable for a public health act aimed at curbing the spread of cholera throughout the country. She also pursued policies aimed at raising the levels of education throughout the country.

After constant pregnancies and births, doctors warned Maria of the dangers of giving birth nearly every year. However, she ignored the risks that had killed her mother, who had died of complications following a miscarriage after many births; “If I die, I die at my post”, Maria said. In 1853 she died in Lisbon, while giving birth to her eleventh child, Prince Eugene, who also died.

Maria II is remembered as a good mother and a kind person, who always acted according to her convictions in the attempt to help her country. She was later given the surname "The Good Mother."

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Portugal. Maria II. 1834-1853. 10 Reis 1847. K.M. 481.Vorzüglich

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Portugal. Maria II. 1834-1853. 10 Reis 1846. K.M. 481.Vorzüglich +

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Urcaquary 1852, Portugal, Maria II. Large Copper X Reis (10 Reis) Coin. VF+ Condition: VF+ Mint Year: 1852 Reference: KM-2. Denomination: 10 Reis (X Reis) Material: Copper Weight: 12.64gm Diameter: 33mm Obverse: Crowned coat-of-arms within foliage. Legend: MARIA . II . D. G . PO ...

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Urcaquary 1850, Portugal, Maria II. Large Copper X Reis (10 Reis) Coin. VF Mint Year: 1848 Reference: KM-481. Denomination: 10 Reis (X Reis) Condition: Scratches on rim and obverse, otherwise a nice VF. Material: Copper Weight: 12.72gm Diameter: 32mm Obverse: Crowned coat-of-arm ...
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PORTUGAL 1816 400 REIS CRUZADO NOVO JOAO PRINCE REGENT SILVER WORLD COIN

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PORTUGAL, Alfonso VI (1656-1683), two hundred reis or half cruzado, 1666 (KM.82, F.V.22). Weak in places, otherwise very fine.

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