coin of 40 Réis bronze 1827 of King D. Pedro IV of Portugal, Date between points, Irradiated Cross, World Coins Portugal KM 373
Portuguese coin of 40 Réis bronze 1827 of King D. Pedro IV, World Coins Portugal KM#373
The coins of King Pedro IV (1826-1828) represent one of the shortest yet most decisive periods of the Portuguese monarchy. Pedro IV, known as “The Soldier King”, was born in 1798 and became the twenty‑ninth King of Portugal after the death of King João VI. Also Emperor of Brazil as Pedro I, he abdicated the Portuguese throne in favour of his daughter, Queen Maria II, triggering the dynastic conflict that would lead to the Civil War. The coinage of this brief reign bears the legend PETRUS•IV•D•G•PORTUG•ET•ALGARB•REX and includes copper, silver and gold issues, maintaining mechanical minting and featuring iconography characteristic of the early constitutional era.