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1824, France. Scarce "Miguel I of Portugal, Paris Mint Visit" Medal. Cleaned VF+

Mint Year: 1824 Mint Place: Paris References: Collignon 413. Medallist: Caqué (obverse) & Barre (reverse) Denomination: Medal - Visit of the Infant Miguel, the future Miguel I of Portugal, to the Parish mint on 24th of July 1824. Condition: Lightly  pitted by corrosion (environmental damage), cleaned, with light deposits remained and a few edge-hits and scratches, otherwise VF+ Material:  Copper  Diameter: 41mm  Weight: 36.6gm

Obverse: Two togate female allegoric figures, one of which is inscribing table, the other is holding a medal or a coin, flanking large screw-press. Engraving tools, dies and a die-hub on ground. Legend: RERUM GEST. FIDEI. ET. AETERN. Exergue: AE.A.A.F.F: Reverse: Crown above coat-of-arms of Portugal on a globe. Medallist´s signature (BARRÉ F.) and date of the mint visit (28th of July 1824) below. Legend: DOM. MIGUEL INFANT DE PORTUGAL VISITE LA MONNAIE Rle. DES MEDAILLES / 28 JUILLET 1824. Translated. "Dom Miguel, Infant of Portugal, visit of the royal mint for medals. 28th of July 1824."

A screw press is a type of machine press in which the ram is driven up and down by a screw. The screw shaft can be driven by a handle or a wheel. It works by using a coarse screw to convert the rotation of the handle or drive-wheel into a small downward movement of greater force. The overhead handle usually incorporates balls as flyweights. The weights helps to maintain the momentum and thrust of the tool to make it easier to operate. The screw press was first invented and used by the Romans in the first century AD. It was used primarily in wine and olive oil production. The screwpress was also used in Gutenberg's printing press in the mid-15th century. A press for metalworking is a machine tool used to shape or cut metal by deforming it with a die. It is frequently used to punch holes in sheet metal in one operation, rather than by cutting the hole or drilling. A screw press is often used in hand book binding to help keep the covers of the book flat and parallel to the text block while the glue is drying. If used as a punch, the tool itself consists of a punch and a matching die, into which it very closely fits. Both are usually precision machined and then hardened. The material is introduced between the punch and die, and the machine operated. The punch will cut through the material in one movement by shearing it. The punch and die may be of any desired shape, so odd shaped holes and cutouts may be created. If used as a forging tool the dies can be many different shapes varying from flat to various shapes that will mold the metal to the desired configuration. A fly press is a type of screw press in which the screw shaft is driven by a flywheel or a pair of fly weights at the ends of a bar. The wheel can either be cranked by hand or driven by a motor using a friction coupling. The wheel is weighted so its momentum will maintain the motion of the shaft. A fly press which is operated by hand is the simplest of all presses, it consists of mass, handle, body, arm, screw, ram, stop collar, treads, and guides.

Dom Miguel I (26 October 1802 – 14 November 1866), nicknamed The Absolutist (Portuguese: "o Absolutista"), The Traditionalist (Portuguese: "o Tradicionalista") and The Usurper (Portuguese: "o Usurpador"), was the King of Portugal between 1828 and 1834, the seventh child and third son of King João VI (John VI) and his queen, Carlota Joaquina of Spain.

Following his exile as a result of his actions in support of absolutism in the April Revolt (Abrilada), Miguel returned to Portugal as regent and fiancé of his niece Queen Maria II. As regent, he claimed the Portuguese throne in his own right, since according to the so-called Fundamental Laws of the Kingdom his older brother Pedro IV and therefore the latter's daughter had lost their rights from the moment that Pedro had made war on Portugal and become the sovereign of a foreign state (Brazilian Empire). This led to a difficult political situation, during which many people were killed, imprisoned, persecuted or sent into exile, and which culminated in the Portuguese Liberal Wars between authoritarian absolutists and progressive constitutionalists. In the end Miguel was forced from the throne and lived the last 32 years of his life in exile.

In order to counter the Republican opposition from the Portuguese Freemasons, the dynastic order known as Order of Saint Michael of the Wing was revived in 1848, with statutes issued by King Miguel I of Portugal.