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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 2834800, member: 42034&quot;]Yes I think we could&#039;ve haggled the woman down to $12 however my son who was 6 years old at the time flashed her his $14 and we lost all negotiating power.&nbsp; The white and black stonework is characteristic of downtown Sao Paulo.&nbsp; Also, try to convince a 6 y/o that he shouldn&#039;t buy his coin right there at a street fair but go on-line to EBay.&nbsp; You can get one there for $8 + 4.90 shipping = almost $13.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are different street fairs in Sao Paulo, Brazil.&nbsp; Some have a lot of counterfeits, other have none that I can identify.&nbsp; At one I recall seeing a huge basket filled with these Nickel 200 reis coins (1871-1900?) but all in horribly worn condition.&nbsp; It reminded me of dealers selling baskets of worn V-nickels for .25 ea when I was a kid.</p><p><br /></p><p>Brazil coinage is a lot like the US.&nbsp; They first made obviously nickel coins in 1871 (the US in 1865 w/ our nickels in 1866, not counting our experimental cents in 1856-1864).&nbsp; Both our &quot;nickels&quot; and theirs circulated extensively and high grade samples are scarcer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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