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4000 Réis - Pedro II Rio de Janeiro Mint
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda do Rio de Janeiro |
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| Year | 1699-1700 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | PETRVS.II.DG.PORTVG.REX 4000 (Translation: Pedro II, by the Grace of God, King of Portugal.) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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These pieces belong to the earliest gold coinage struck in Brazil, authorized as Portuguese colonial authorities scrambled to monetize the explosive output of the Minas Gerais gold rush — placer deposits discovered in the late 1690s that would, within decades, make Brazil the largest gold producer in the world. The Rio de Janeiro mint was hastily reactivated specifically to handle this flood of raw metal before it could all be shipped abroad uncoined.
Production ran only two years before minting operations shifted, which accounts for the tight Bentes range of just sixteen die varieties across the entire issue.