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40 Reis - João VI Bahia mint
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda da Bahia |
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| Year | 1819-1822 |
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| Value | 40 Reis |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the large denomination numeral '40' beneath a royal crown, flanked symmetrically by two small floral rosettes, with the date below in the lower central field. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding legend reads JOANNES.VI.DG.PORT.BRAS.ET.ALG.REX, identifying John VI as King of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, separated from the inner design by a continuous border of beads. |
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| Mintage | 1819 - J6.02.01 - Circle with 46 beads - 1819 - J6.02.02 - Circle with 47 beads - 1821 - J6.02.03 - Circle with 53 beads - 1821 - J6.02.04 - Circle with 60 beads - 1821 - J6.02.05 - Circle with 61 beads - 1822 - J6.02.06 - Circle with 49 beads - 1822 - J6.02.07 - Circle with 52 beads - |
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João VI issued copper coinage for Brazil from the Bahia mint during a politically volatile stretch — he had returned to Lisbon in 1821 under pressure from the Liberal Revolution in Portugal, leaving his son Pedro as regent in Rio de Janeiro. The Bahia mint continued striking in his name through 1822, the very year Pedro declared independence. Coins bearing João VI's authority were thus being produced in Brazil while the political ground shifted entirely beneath them.
The KM#E1 designation flags this as an essai or pattern classification in some references, though Gomes treats survivors as regular issues.