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50 Centavos Eurico Gaspar Dutra
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda do Brasil |
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| Year | 1948-1956 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing truncated bust of Eurico Gaspar Dutra, 18th President of Brazil, rendered in high relief with finely detailed facial features and civilian attire visible at the truncation. The effigy occupies the majority of the field, with the curved legend PRESIDENTE DUTRA arcing along the upper left rim and the word BRASIL continuing along the upper right rim, separated by a five-pointed star. |
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| Obverse lettering | PRESIDENTE DUTRA * BRASIL (Translation: President Dutra Brazil) |
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Dutra's administration oversaw a postwar economic expansion that strained Brazil's minting capacity considerably. The aluminium bronze alloy chosen for this series was a practical response to copper supply pressures following wartime metal controls — Brazil had exported significant copper reserves to Allied manufacturing during the war, and domestic coinage had to accommodate what remained.
The series ran eight years, an unusually long production window that reflects both the coin's successful wear resistance in tropical circulation conditions and the Kubitschek government's reluctance to authorize new dies before Brasília financing consumed monetary policy attention.