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4000 Réis - Pedro I
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda do Brasil |
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| Year | 1823-1828 |
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| Weight | 8.2 g |
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| Reverse description | The imperial arms of Brazil, comprising a crowned square shield bearing an armillary sphere on a field strewn with stars, centered within an elaborate wreath of coffee and tobacco branches tied at the base with a ribbon bow. The imperial crown surmounts the shield above. The denomination 4000 appears in the lower exergue below the wreath, while the Latin motto IN HOC SIGNO VINCES encircles the design along the periphery, separated by small cross ornaments. |
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| Mint | B Bahia, modern-day Salvador de Bahia, Brazil (1694-1698, 1714-1834) R Casa da Moeda do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1694-date) |
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Pedro I declared Brazilian independence in September 1822 while still serving as regent under Portuguese authority — the gold coinage that followed was among the first acts of a fully sovereign mint, and the 4000 réis was the workhorse denomination of that new monetary order. Production ran across multiple Rio de Janeiro die pairs, and examples from the earliest 1823 strikes tend to show sharper relief before the working dies softened under production pressure.
Pedro abdicated in 1831, effectively ending the series.