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100 Réis - Pedro II
| Issuer | Brazil |
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| Year | 1886-1889 |
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| Currency | Real (1799-1942) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the crowned Imperial Arms of Brazil — a shield bearing the armillary sphere and the Southern Cross, encircled by a wreath of coffee and tobacco branches tied at the base with a bow. The Imperial crown surmounts the shield. The circular legend IMPERIO DO BRAZIL arcs around the upper periphery, and the date appears in the lower field flanked by two five-pointed stars. The entire design is enclosed within a dentilated border. |
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| Reverse description | The denomination 100 RÉIS appears in large bold numerals and lettering at center, set within a raised circle with a fine cross-hatched background field. The circular legend DECRETO N°1817 DE 3 DE SETEMBRO DE 1870 runs around the periphery, referencing the authorizing decree, with a single five-pointed star at the lower apex. The design is enclosed within a dentilated outer border. |
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Brazil's shift to copper-nickel for this denomination in the 1880s was part of a broader monetary rationalization under the Empire's finance ministry, which was wrestling with chronic budget deficits and the rising costs of the Paraguayan War's long fiscal aftermath. Copper-nickel was cheaper to procure and more durable than the bronze it displaced, a purely practical calculation.
Pedro II was deposed in November 1889, making the final striking year of this type coincide almost exactly with the proclamation of the Republic. Issues dated 1889 had a truncated production run.