Brazil 1975 centavo

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is the first coin issued by Brazil as part of the F.A.O. series. Few South American countries issued F.A.O. coins but Brazil issued a large number of one, two and five centavos for F.A.O. in the 1975-78 period. A regular issue one centavo (KM 575.2) also exists for 1975. The coin's reverse features sugar cane, not a food crop as such but a major export product for Brazil.

Recorded mintage: 31,700,000.

Specification: stainless steel.

Catalog reference: KM 585.

Source:

• 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.

Link to:

• 1970 50 centavos
• 1970 cruzeiro
• 1974 10 centavos
• 1975 2 centavos F.A.O.
• 1975 5 centavos F.A.O.
• 1975 50 centavos
• 1975 10 cruzieros, 10th anniversary of the Central Bank
• 1979 centavo
• Coins and currency dated 1975
• return to coins of Brazil