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40 Réis - Pedro II Pattern - Nickel

Issuer Brazil
Year 1863
Type Coin pattern
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Edge Plain
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Mintage 1863
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Brazil's 1863 nickel pattern series was part of a broader government investigation into replacing the country's debased copper coinage with more durable base-metal alternatives. Nickel was being adopted experimentally by several European mints at the time, and Brazilian monetary authorities were watching closely. Nothing came of it — copper remained the medium for small change for years afterward.

KM#Pn110 is one of several denomination patterns struck that year, making survivors almost certainly cabinet pieces that never approached circulation.

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