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20 Réis - João VI
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda do Brasil |
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| Year | 1818-1822 |
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| Weight | 5.5 g |
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| Mint | B Bahia, modern-day Salvador de Bahia, Brazil (1694-1698, 1714-1834) R Casa da Moeda do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1694-date) |
| Mintage | 1818 R - KM#316.1 (Rio de Janeiro, star on crown) - 1819 R - KM#316.1 (Rio de Janeiro, star and cross on crown) - 3,066,580 1820 B - KM#316.2 (Bahia) - 1820 R - KM#316.1 (Rio de Janeiro, star and cross on crown) - 4,871,966 1821 B - KM#316.2 (Bahia, cross on crown) - 1821 R - KM#316.1 (Rio de Janeiro, cross on crown) - 10,827,577 1821 R - KM#316.1 (Rio de Janeiro, star on crown) - 1822 R - KM#316.1 (Rio de Janeiro, star and cross on crown) - 7,045,867 |
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João VI issued this copper coinage from Rio de Janeiro after the Portuguese royal court fled Lisbon ahead of Napoleon's 1807 invasion and re-established itself in Brazil — the only instance in history of a European monarch governing an empire from a colonial capital. The Brazilian mint had been formally re-established in 1808 specifically to serve the transplanted court's monetary needs.
KM#316 is known with significant die variation across its four-year run, partly attributable to inconsistent local die-cutting quality.