The copper coinage was standardized across the country, with the introduction of countermarked coins for 10, 20 and 40 réis.
Early in his reign the copper coinage plunged in weight from a standard of 16g to about 10-11g.
This happened on such a scale that by 1830 the island was almost totally deprived of copper coinage.
The petition was denied when New York decided to not to get into the business of minting copper coinage.
Most of these were confined to copper coinage.
His favourite was the making of a copper coinage for England, with which he approached successive lord treasurers between 1579 and 1613.
He wanted to amortize the copper coinage through an agreement with the tobacco firms.
The States then proceeded to take steps to remove French copper coinage from circulation.
The Gabalas brothers issued their own copper coinage, of unknown value or denomination.
It would also have required the withdrawal and reissuance of the existing copper coinage.