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10 Centavos
| Issuer | Brazil |
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| Year | 1942-1943 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing bust of Getúlio Dornelles Vargas (1882–1954), President of Brazil, rendered in high relief with fine portrait detail including a suit and tie. The curved legend GETULIO VARGAS arcs above the effigy along the upper rim, with the word BRASIL continuing to the right, punctuated by a small five-pointed star. The field is smooth and unadorned, with the portrait occupying the majority of the coin's face. |
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| Obverse lettering | GETULIO VARGAS BRASIL |
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Brazil's wartime copper-nickel 10 centavos replaced an earlier cupronickel alloy series as the Vargas government scrambled to stabilize a monetary system under pressure from wartime commodity shortages and inflation. The shift in alloy was largely administrative — copper-nickel was cheaper and easier to source domestically than earlier formulations. Production ran only two years before further reforms swept the denomination into yet another composition change.