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40 Réis - João VI
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda do Brasil |
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| Year | 1818-1823 |
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| Currency | Real (1799-1942) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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João VI issued this copper coinage from Rio de Janeiro after the Portuguese court relocated there in 1808, fleeing Napoleon's invasion of Iberia. Brazil became the operational seat of the empire, and the Casa da Moeda do Brasil expanded its output accordingly to supply a suddenly capital city with circulating coinage. The 40 réis denomination filled a specific gap in everyday transactions that silver simply couldn't reach.
KM#319 spans the years up to Brazilian independence in 1822, after which João VI returned to Lisbon — leaving his son Pedro to declare the break. Coins struck in 1823 fall into an awkward interregnum, issued under a monarch who had already departed.