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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mackat, post: 2835452, member: 45768&quot;]This 1889 500 réis just came in the mail today. This is part of the first coinage of the nascent Republic of the United States of Brazil, as it was known back then. I hope to eventually acquire the 1000 réis as well, which is far more difficult to come across:</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<img src="http://i.imgur.com/PvTm6q0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/mo4zCeb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Those are the NGC pictures. In hand, it&#039;s a very nice looking coin, save for one mark towards the bottom left of the obverse. I&#039;m trying to figure out if it&#039;s a scratch or simply a strange break in the dark toning. Unfortunately, it&#039;s quite reflective, but I think that the coin compensates for it in other ways. This is how it looks under my LED light:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/CnAUDGr.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/J8To8hk.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It has some very pretty blue-orangey toning around the top part of the obverse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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