PORTUGAL. Kingdom, first half of 18th century. Weight of 36 Shillings / 6400 Reis (Peça) (Brass, 24 mm, 14.29 g, 6 h). THIRTY / SIX / SHILLINGS within floral cartouche; above, lion head. Rev. THIRTY/ SIX/ SHILLINGS within floral cartouche; above, lion head. Tiny marks on the obverse, otherwise, good extremely fine.


The close economic ties between Portugal and England also influenced the Portuguese monetary system. In particular, during the 18th century, coin weights like this one were used to align Portuguese gold coins with the English currency system.