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150 Réis - José I Straight Zones, Province of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro Mint
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda do Brasil |
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| Year | 1771 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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José I's reign saw Brazil's gold-producing captaincies periodically taxed through monetary manipulation, and the "Straight Zones" milled-edge coinage of Minas Gerais was part of a broader effort to standardize colonial silver against rampant counterfeiting and coin-clipping that had plagued the earlier hammered issues. The provincial attribution on these pieces reflects not a separate mint but a fiscal designation — Minas Gerais silver entered the Rio mint's accounts as a distinct revenue stream tied to the captaincy's quinto obligations.
José I died in 1777, leaving his chief minister Pombal politically exposed almost immediately upon the accession of Maria I.