2 macutas from Angola of the Portuguese King John VI, 1815
Also known as: 2 macutas uit Angola van de Portugese koning Joao VI, 1815
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1815
Copper coin. Obverse: crowned coat of arms of Portugal on a bound terrestrial globe. Reverse: within beaded circle in three lines, value indication: macutas 2. Legend: Africa Portugueza with year at the top.
Plain edge. Coin is overstruck on a 2 macutas coin struck in 1785 in the name of Maria I, traces of which are still visible. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5129; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.5 cm x weight 35.53 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 4.5 cm x weight 35.53 g · diameter 4,5 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 35,53 g
- Measurements
- diameter 4.5 cm x weight 35.53 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned coat of arms of Portugal on a bound terrestrial globe.
- Reverse
- within beaded circle in three lines, value indication: macutas 2. Legend: Africa Portugueza with year at the top. Plain edge. Coin is overstruck on a 2 macutas coin struck in 1785 in the name of Maria I, traces of which are still visible.
Identification
- Original title
- 2 macutas uit Angola van de Portugese koning Joao VI, 1815
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-5129
- Museum classification
- coin
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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Catalogue references
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