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20 Réis Trial Strike
| Issuer | Brazil |
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| Year | 1869 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device comprising the Imperial Arms of Brazil: a shield bearing the armillary sphere charged with a band, set within a wreath of stars, surmounted by the Imperial Crown rendered in high relief. The denomination 20 appears in large numerals to the left of the shield and the abbreviation Rs. appears to the right, all within a toothed border. The overall composition follows the heraldic style typical of Brazilian Imperial coinage of the second reign. |
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Brazil's shift toward base-metal coinage in the late 1860s involved a series of pattern and trial strikes as the imperial government evaluated alternatives to the copper issues that had long dominated small-denomination circulation. This nickel trial of 1869 was part of that exploratory phase — nickel was being tested by several Latin American mints simultaneously, driven largely by cost and durability arguments coming out of post-Civil War American minting experience with the metal.
No nickel coinage entered regular Brazilian production at this denomination following these trials. The decision went back to bronze.