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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1727389, member: 39&quot;]That is from a vision <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_hoc_signo_vinces" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_hoc_signo_vinces" rel="nofollow">Constantine</a> had in the 4th century ...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>400 reis was equal to 1 cruzado in the 16-17c. Not sure whether that was still the case in 1816, but maybe they just kept the denomination. (<i>Edit: A-ha, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_real#Coins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_real#Coins" rel="nofollow">see here</a>.)</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, that is the mark of the Berlin mint. In that country (Deutsches Reich), Berlin/A was the mint with the biggest production share.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t know whether gbroke has a collection of eagles; he sure has some very nice 5 DM eagles. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Oh, and sorry for merging two replies into one post, but I guess you can all figure this out ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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