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400 Réis
| Issuer | Brazil |
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| Year | 1918-1935 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | The denomination '400 RÉIS' is prominently displayed in large raised numerals and lettering at the centre of the field, enclosed within a raised beaded inner circle. The circular legend 'REPUBLICA DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL' runs along the outer rim, separated from the beaded border by a flat annular band. The date, flanked on each side by a five-pointed star, appears in the lower portion of the field between the beaded circle and the outer legend. The overall design is typographic in character, with no figurative imagery on this face. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Brazil's copper-nickel coinage of this period was produced under serious metallurgical constraint — the country had relied heavily on imported nickel, and wartime shipping disruptions during and after World War I created chronic supply problems that forced irregular production runs throughout the 1920s. The 1918 start date reflects a deliberate shift away from the older cupro-nickel alloys used in the preceding Proclamation-era series.
KM#520 spans seventeen years and multiple die revisions. The 1935 issues were among the last struck before Getúlio Vargas's Estado Novo reforms reorganized Brazil's monetary infrastructure entirely.