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100 Réis Liberty
| Issuer | Brazil |
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| Year | 1901 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a five-pointed star surmounted by a small circle, mounted on a liberty pole, flanked by ornamental sprigs and stalks. The date is rendered in Roman numerals as MCMI. The surrounding legend identifies the issuing republic and the denomination, divided across the design. The overall composition is characteristic of the allegorical republican style adopted by Brazil following the proclamation of the Republic in 1889. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Brazil's shift to copper-nickel coinage in the early Republic era was driven less by monetary philosophy than by the chronic bronze shortages plaguing the Casa da Moeda following the 1889 proclamation of the Republic. The 1901 series, struck in Rio de Janeiro, represented the first sustained use of the copper-nickel alloy for circulating minor coinage under the new government. Production was contracted with technical assistance from European suppliers, as Brazilian minting infrastructure at the time was still being retooled from Imperial-era equipment.
KM#503 pieces from 1901 frequently show uneven planchet surfaces — a known artifact of early alloy batches, not circulation wear.