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1000 Réis - Pedro II
| Issuer | Brazil |
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| Year | 1853-1866 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | PETRUS II D.G. CONST. IMP. ET PERP. BRAS. DEF. 1000 1863 (Translation: Pedro II, by Grace of God Constitutional Emperor and Perpetual Defender of Brazil 1000 1863) |
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Brazil's silver coinage of this period was repeatedly disrupted by chronic shortages — not of metal, but of political will to fund adequate mintages. The Ouro Preto and Rio de Janeiro mints struggled with outdated equipment throughout the 1850s, and the government's preference for paper money issued through the Banco do Brasil meant that silver coins like this one often disappeared from circulation almost immediately, hoarded or exported as bullion parity fluctuated against the mil-réis paper rate.
The 1853 start date for this type coincides with monetary reforms under Finance Minister Torres Homem, who sought to consolidate Brazil's fractured coinage standards inherited from the colonial period.