Brazil 1932 500 reis

from the Mountain Groan Collection

Shown is a copper-nickel five hundred réis of the United States of Brazil. This is part of the set of commemoratives honoring the four hundredth anniversary the colonization of Brazil, which event would today be celebrated with much less jubilation, considering the immense suffering on the part of the indigenes and kidnapped black Africans. The five hundred réis was last struck in 1939.

Recorded mintage: 34,000.

Specification: 3.95 g, aluminum bronze, 23 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 530.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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, Irlei S. Neves and Arnaldo Russo, Livro das Moedas do Brasil, 12a ed. Sao Paulo, 2008.

Link to:

• 1928 500 réis
• 1931 50 réis
• 1931 100 réis
• 1931 400 réis
• 1931 2000 réis
• 1932 100 réis, 400th anniversary of colonization, cacique Tibirica
• 1932 200 réis, liberty head
• 1932 200 réis, 400th anniversary of colonization, caravel
• 1932 400 réis, 400th anniversary of colonization, map
• 1932 1000 réis, 400th anniversary of colonization, da Sousa
• 1932 2000 réis, 400th anniversary of colonization, João III
• 1935 500 réis, Diogo Antônio Feijó
• Coins and currency dated 1932
• return to coins of Brazil