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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 816640, member: 6229"]88 years ago <b><i>Brasil</i></b> (engl., Brazil) celebrated the 100th Anniversary of its independence from Portugal. President Epitacio Pessoa pressed the idea that a special commemorative coin be struck for the occasion. He further suggested that the coin bear the likeness of Emperor Pedro I who proclaimed the country's independence in 1822. In conference with the mint's director they decided the 100 Reis would be the proper denomination coin for the event. </p><p> </p><p>The Director of Brasil's mint made another decision on his own, to not only put Pedro I on the obverse of the coin, but add President Pessoa's likeness.</p><p> </p><p>Somehow, the mint's engraver blundered and a minting run of the coin produced an unusual error. The country's legend (name) was struck as "BBASIL" instead of "BRASIL." If you have the correct spelling coin, you still need the error coin.</p><p> </p><p>Here's a photo of the coin with the correct spelling courtesy of Coins & Stamps:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.coinsandstamps.com/foreigncoins/Foreign%20Coins/Brazil/fc12008.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinsandstamps.com/foreigncoins/Foreign%20Coins/Brazil/fc12008.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinsandstamps.com/foreigncoins/Foreign Coins/Brazil/fc12008.htm</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Here's a photo of the error courtesy of Joels Coins:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.joelscoins.com/images/brazil522r.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.joelscoins.com/images/brazil522r.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.joelscoins.com/images/brazil522r.jpg</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Thought you'd like to know...</p><p> </p><p>Clinker[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 816640, member: 6229"]88 years ago [B][I]Brasil[/I][/B][I][/I] (engl., Brazil) celebrated the 100th Anniversary of its independence from Portugal. President Epitacio Pessoa pressed the idea that a special commemorative coin be struck for the occasion. He further suggested that the coin bear the likeness of Emperor Pedro I who proclaimed the country's independence in 1822. In conference with the mint's director they decided the 100 Reis would be the proper denomination coin for the event. The Director of Brasil's mint made another decision on his own, to not only put Pedro I on the obverse of the coin, but add President Pessoa's likeness. Somehow, the mint's engraver blundered and a minting run of the coin produced an unusual error. The country's legend (name) was struck as "BBASIL" instead of "BRASIL." If you have the correct spelling coin, you still need the error coin. Here's a photo of the coin with the correct spelling courtesy of Coins & Stamps: [URL]http://www.coinsandstamps.com/foreigncoins/Foreign%20Coins/Brazil/fc12008.htm[/URL] Here's a photo of the error courtesy of Joels Coins: [URL]http://www.joelscoins.com/images/brazil522r.jpg[/URL] Thought you'd like to know... Clinker[/QUOTE]
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