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4000 Réis - Pedro II Rio de Janeiro Mint

Issuer Casa da Moeda do Brasil
Year 1703-1707
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Currency Real (1654-1799)
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Reverse description Central design features the Cross of the Order of Christ, rendered with splayed, pointed arms forming a distinctive cross pattée shape within a squared framework. In each of the four quadrants formed by the cross arms, a letter R is placed diagonally, together serving as the mint mark for Rio de Janeiro (RRRR). The date of issue appears prominently at the top of the field above the cross. The peripheral Latin legend, separated by floral or star stops, encircles the entire design, with a milled border at the rim consistent with the obverse.
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Mintage 1703 RRRR - Bentes 66.01 - 103,308
1704 RRRR - Bentes 66.02 - 157,124
1705 RRRR - Bentes 66.03 - 80,997
1706 RRRR - Bentes 66.04 - 81,612
1707 RRRR - Bentes 66.05 - Posthumous hybrid, (See Comments), mintage inclued with a coin with same date of D. João V (Bentes 120.01); Very rare. - 93,584
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These pieces belong to the earliest phase of Brazilian colonial gold coinage, struck at the newly established Rio de Janeiro mint as Portugal scrambled to monetize the extraordinary gold floods pouring out of Minas Gerais after the discoveries of the late 1690s. The Crown had previously funneled Brazilian gold through Lisbon for coining, but the sheer volume made that logistically untenable. Rio de Janeiro received its mint authorization in 1703, the same year this type begins.

The Bahia mint was simultaneously striking its own 4000 réis issues, creating parallel series that collectors must distinguish carefully by mintmark. Bentes catalogues five distinct annual emissions for this Rio type across the four-year run.

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