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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 2938181, member: 42034&quot;]Also 2 weeks before this posting I was in Sao Paulo, Brazil and attended the coin show, auction and dinner.&nbsp; I got a 960 reis of the &quot;special series&quot;.&nbsp; This was made only in 1816 and was made to celebrate Brazil&#039;s being raised to coequal status with Portugal in the Empire.&nbsp; Eventually Brazil would be given it&#039;s Independence &amp; then become a Republic: all without any civil war!&nbsp; The legend is different than the regular 1816-R and I believe that far fewer than 0.1% of the 1816-R 960 reis are &quot;special series&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Heritage archives only show 2 of these having sold.&nbsp; Interestingly mine has the same die break as the nicer of theirs.&nbsp; Mine is AU or Unc and I think the nicest listed by Heritage is only an EF or AU.&nbsp; NGC records 2 in 62, 1 in 61, and 3 in 58.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been looking for a nice one one for the past 4 years.&nbsp; Even so they&#039;re not expensive coins.&nbsp; I think the Heritage one sold for around $110.<img src="http://www.coinsandhistory.com/pix_cointalk/Bra_960reis_1816-R_special-series_both_600.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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