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5000 Réis - Pedro II
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda do Brasil |
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| Year | 1854-1859 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The crowned coat of arms of the Second Empire of Brazil occupies the central field, featuring the armorial bearings within an oval escutcheon surmounted by an imperial crown. The crown varies by year: issues of 1854–1857 display a crown with thorns and pearls, while 1858–1859 issues show a crown with thorns only. The circular legend IN HOC SIG- -NO VINCES is distributed around the periphery in raised Latin letters, interrupted at the base by the shield. |
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Brazil's gold coinage of the 1850s was directly tied to the country's expanding coffee export economy, which flooded Rio de Janeiro with foreign exchange and allowed the imperial government to maintain a functioning gold standard that most Latin American neighbors had already abandoned. The 5000 réis denomination sat at the lower end of the gold series, circulating among merchants rather than being hoarded as a store of value.
KM#470 is known with minor die variations across the emission years, particularly in the arrangement of stars and the treatment of the milling edge.