Brazil 1937 200 reis
This is one of a series of circulating commemoratives issued in the 1920's and 1930's which today form an interesting but inexpensive set. This particular one commemorates the Viscount of Mauá. It is the second to last of the denomination and was struck 1936-38. The réis was abolished in 1942 with the reform of the coinage in that year.
Wikipedia comments, "Irineu Evangelista de Sousa, the Viscount of Mauá (28 December 1813 – 21 October 1889), was a Brazilian entrepreneur, industrialist, banker and politician. Born to a family of small estancieiros (ranchers), Sousa became one of the world's richest men; by 1867, his wealth was larger than the annual budget of the Brazilian Empire. ...one of his greatest achievements was to start the construction of the Mauá Railroad, the first railroad in Brazil, in 1852."
Recorded mintage: 6,506,000.
Specification: 6 g, copper-nickel, 23 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 537.
- Amato, Claudio, and Irlei S. Neves, Livro das Moedas do Brasil, 14a ed. Sao Paulo, 2015.
- 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.
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- 1936 100 réis, Tamandaré
- 1936 200 réis, Viscount of Mauá
- 1936 400 réis, Oswaldo Cruz
- 1936 2000 réis, Caxias
- 1936 5000 réis, Alberto Santos Dumont
- 1937 100 réis, Tamandaré
- 1937 300 réis, Carlos Gomes
- 1937 400 réis, Oswaldo Cruz
- 1937 500 réis, Diogo Antônio Feijó
- 1937 1000 réis, José de Anchieta
- 1937 5000 réis, Alberto Santos Dumont
- 1938 100 réis
- 1938 200 réis, Getulio Vargas
- 1938 300 réis, Getulio Vargas
- 1938 400 réis, Getulio Vargas
- 1938 500 réis, Diogo Antônio Feijó
- 1938 2000 réis, Caxias
- 1939 500 réis, Joaquim Machado de Assis
- 1939 1000 réis, Tobias Barreto
- 1939 2000 réis, Floriano Peixoto
- Coins and currency dated 1937
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