| Issuer | Brazil |
| Year | 1729-1749 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 20 Réis |
| Currency | Real (1654-1799) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 14.34 g |
| Dimensions | 36 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape and Technique | Round |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#143.1;143.2; 143.3; 143.4; 143.5, Bentes#164.01-164.06; 166.01; 165.01-165.10; |
| Obverse description | Value XX between flowers and date, inside a circle of pearls topped by crown. |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | IOANNES.V.D.G.P.ET.BRASIL.REX.
XX
.1749. (Translation: João V, by the Grace of God, King of Portugal and Brazil.) |
| Reverse description | An armillary sphere, without mintmark or with mintmark. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | CIRCVMIT.ORBEM PECVNIA.TOTUM (Translation: Money Circulates Worldwide.) |
| Edge | Smooth. |
| Mint | Lisbon, Portugal B Bahia, modern-day Salvador de Bahia, Brazil (1694-1698, 1714-1834) |
| Mintage | 1729 B - Bentes 164.01; KM# 143.1 (`PECVNIA`); (See Comments). - 1729 B - Bentes 165.01; KM# 143.2 (`PECUNIA`); (See Comments). - 1730 B - Bentes 164.02-164.03; KM# 143.1 (`PECVNIA`); (See Comments). - 1730 B - Bentes 165.02-165.05; KM# 143.2 (`PECUNIA`; There are variants with error `BRASL`); (See Comments). - 1731 B - Bentes 164.04-164.06; KM# 143.1 (`PECVNIA`; There are variants with error `BRASL` and error `CIRCUMT`); (See Comments). - 1731 B - Bentes 165.06-165.12; KM# 143.2 (`PECUNIA`;There are variants with error `BRASL`); (See Comments). - 1735 - Bentes 160.01; KM# 143.3 (Lisbon Mint; date between dots; date between crosses); (See Comments). - 1735 - Bentes 161.01; KM# 143.4 (Lisbon Mint; date between crosses); (See Comments). - 1736 - Bentes 160.02; KM# 143.3 (Lisbon Mint; date between dots); (See Comments). - 1736 - Bentes 161.02-161.03; KM# 143.4 (Lisbon Mint; date between crosses); (See Comments). - 1746 - Bentes 161.04; KM# 143.4 (Lisbon Mint; date between crosses); (See Comments). - 1748 B - Bentes 166.01; KM# 143.1 (`PECVNIA`); (See Comments). - 1749 - Bentes 163.01-163.03; KM# 143.5 (Lisbon Mint, Struck for Maranhão; date between dots); (See Comments). - |
| Catalog ID | 3207515110 |
| Comments |
