Mozambique 1820 80 reis

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This scarce issue was accompanied by twenty and forty réis, also in copper. Similar coins struck for Brazil featured the denomination expressed in Roman numerals. In 1820, Mozambique served as a depot for the transatlantic slave trade with Brazil.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.36 g, copper, 35 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 20.

Sources:

• Alberto Gomes and Francisco Antonio Magro, Moedas Portuguesas e do Território Que Hoje é Portugal: Catálogo das Moedas Cunhadas para o Continentes e Ilhas Adjacentes, para os Territórios do Ultramar e Grão-Mestres Portugueses da Ordem de Malta, 6ª Edição, Lisbon: Associação Numismática de Portugal, 2013.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1820 20 réis
• 1820 40 réis
• Brazil 1820-B 80 reis
• 1840 20 réis
• 1840 40 réis
• 1840 80 réis
• Coins and currency dated 1820
• return to coinage of Mozambique