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1000 Réis Anchieta, small type
| Issuer | Brazil |
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| Year | 1936-1938 |
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| Thickness | 2 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | 1.000 RÉIS 1938 BRASIL WT |
| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark the tercentenary of José de Anchieta's death, this coin commemorates the Jesuit missionary who co-founded the settlements that became São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian government had been pushing for Anchieta's beatification since the early twentieth century — Rome wouldn't formally beatify him until 2014 — and the coin arrived decades ahead of that resolution, a piece of national hagiography minted in aluminum bronze.
The "small type" designation distinguishes it from a larger-diameter version struck concurrently. Both types circulated together, an unusual parallel issue that generated collector confusion almost immediately after release.