Brazil (United States of)

2000 reis 1913, silver .900, weight - 20 g., mintage - 395000 pcs. Such coins were released at 1912-1913.

 

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2 Milreis (2000 reis) 1922, silver .900, weight - 7,9 g., mintage - 1560000 pcs. "Independence Centennial". The single release only.

 

2000 reis 1934, silver .500, weight - 7,9 g., mintage - 938000 pcs. Such coins were released at 1924-1931 and 1934.

 

2000 reis 1936, aluminium-bronze, mintage - 665000 pcs. "Duke de Caxias" (Brazilian marshal and minister). Such coins were released at 1936-38.

 

5000 reis 1936, silver .600, weight - 10 g., mintage - 1986000 pcs. "Alberto Santos Dumont" (the first Brazilian aviator). Such coins were released at 1936-1938.

 

That is all till now.

 

I'm trying to get a complete collection of these Brazilian coins from this era, but there are some that are super rare. The 1935 500 reis with a mintage of 14,000 is particularly challenging.

 

Brazil error coin

Let me contribute an unusual error coin to this thread. This is a 1948 Brazil 20 Centavos with Rui Barbosa on the obverse. The obverse has an unusual cud error. The obverse die was at one time mis-aligned to the collar die during striking. This sheared-off a crescent from the edge of the obverse die. Subsequent strikes by the obverse die resulted in coins with the crescent shaped cud. Have you ever seen an example of this type of cud before? :smile

 

I always liked the design of the Brazilian silver coins:


Brazil 1000 Reis Girl 1913

 

There's a right way to spell "Brazil" as in this coin below.





And a wrong way to spell "Brazil" as in the coin below.




"BBAZIL" what was the engraver thinking?

 

Not republican, but nice coins anyway. I think I would have preferred Brazil to have remained a monarchy.

 

For some reason I just can't get into the counterstamped coins. They feel like they're defaced to me. Even though the government did it.

 

Yeah...me too kinda. It's like you order and pay for a bacon cheeseburger and instead you get a cheese and pickle sandwich.