Brazil 1821-M 75 reis

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was struck at the Minas Gerais mint in Brazil in 1818-21. This unusual denomination was the equivalent of the eighty réis which circulated elsewhere in Brazil. In Minas Gerais, a gold mining region, the standard silver coin was the 600 réis, not the 640 réis used elsewhere. There is also a scarce 75 réis from the Goias mint in 1823.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: KM 320.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Pimentel, Alvaro Mendes, Catálogo de Moedas Brasileiras de 1643 a 1962, 9a Ed., Rio de Janeiro, 1962.
• Amato, Claudio, and Irlei S. Neves, Livro das Moedas do Brasil, 14a ed. Sao Paulo, 2015.
• Alberto Gomes and Francisco Antonio Magro, Moedas Portuguesas e do Território Que Hoje é Portugal: Catálogo das Moedas Cunhadas para o Continentes e Ilhas Adjacentes, para os Territórios do Ultramar e Grão-Mestres Portugueses da Ordem de Malta, 6ª Edição, Lisbon: Associação Numismática de Portugal, 2013.

Link to:

• 1821-M 37½ réis
• 1821-R 20 réis
• 1821-R 40 réis
• 1821-R 80 réis copper
• 1821-B 80 réis silver
• 1821-B 960 réis
• 1821-R 960 réis
• 1821(r) 4000 réis
• 1822-R 20 réis
• 1823-G 75 réis
• Coins and currency dated 1821
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