20 Réis - Pedro II Narrow Crown, Bahia Mint

These small silver pieces were struck at Salvador da Bahia under Portuguese colonial authority during a period of acute monetary disorder in Brazil — counterfeit coinage and clipped silver had become so prevalent that the Crown authorized a complete recoinage in 1695, calling in all circulating macutas and cob coinage for reminting. The Bahia facility was one of the primary points of that reform. The "narrow crown" distinction separates this emission from a near-simultaneous variant, a difference attributable to die cutter practice at the colonial mint rather than any policy change.