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500 Réis
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda do Brasil |
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| Year | 1924-1930 |
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| Currency | Real (1799-1942) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the denomination '500 RÉIS' flanked symmetrically by olive and floral branches in low relief. The national inscription 'BRASIL' arcs along the upper rim, accompanied by a small star at apex. The date of issue appears in the lower exergual area below the denomination. The overall design is restrained and typographic in character, with no portrait effigy. |
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| Mint | Casa da Moeda do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro |
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Brazil's shift to aluminium bronze for this series came out of post-WWI metal economics and a domestic push to reduce reliance on imported coinage blanks. The Casa da Moeda had struggled through the early 1920s with inconsistent nickel supplies, and aluminium bronze offered a workable local alternative. These circulated hard through the late República Velha years, a period when regional political machines — the café com leite arrangement between São Paulo and Minas Gerais — kept federal monetary policy in a state of managed tension until Vargas ended it in 1930.