| Obverse - | Laureate bust of the Regent, facing right. |
| Legend, | JOANNES . D . G . PORT . ET . ALG . P . REGENS |
| Exergue, | 1812 |
| Reverse - | An oval shield contains a coat-of-arms, surmounted by a crown. |
| Legend, | UTILITATI PUBLICÆ |
| Exergue, | 40 |
| 40 Reis | |||||||||||||
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| Size, 35 mm. | |||||||||||||
| A heavy brass coin, incredibly thick (5 mm). You seldom see it in much better shape than this example. The 'flip' noted that it was the "Large numbers, wide space" variety. |