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4000 Réis - João VI
| Issuer | Brazil |
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| Year | 1818-1822 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | JOANNES·VI·D·G·PORT·BRAS·ET·ALG·REX 1822 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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João VI issued this denomination from Rio de Janeiro following Brazil's elevation to Kingdom status in 1815 — a direct consequence of the Portuguese court having relocated there after Napoleon's 1807 invasion of the Iberian Peninsula. The mint operating in Rio was producing gold coinage for a court-in-exile that had no intention of returning anytime soon, and the 4000 réis sat at a practical denomination for daily high-value commerce in a colony suddenly functioning as an imperial capital.
João finally returned to Lisbon in 1821 under constitutional pressure, leaving his son Pedro behind. Brazilian-struck examples from 1822 predate Pedro's September declaration of independence by a matter of months.