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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GeorgeM, post: 1385820, member: 28550&quot;]I&#039;m a bit unclear on the history behind these - was there a currency devaluation in the 19th century that led to rampant counterstamping? Did the treasury just decree that all of the old coins were no longer legal tender and gradually reissue them after stamping a new value?</p><p><br /></p><p>All of the coppers in the lot I purchased are pretty large pieces. I presume they had a purchase power somewhere around a US large cent or maybe a British 2 pence. The coins stamped 20 reis (presumably old 40 reis coins?) are just slightly smaller than a US silver dollar (35 or 36mm) and the coins stamped 40 reis (presumably old 80 reis coins?) are slightly larger (39 or maybe 40mm). I am having trouble identifying the host coins...</p><p><br /></p><p>I also found an older thread that talks about these, but doesn&#039;t have much info to satisfy my curiosity:</p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t164567/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t164567/">http://www.cointalk.com/t164567/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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