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75 Réis - 2 Vinténs of gold Royal Gold Foundry Houses, 1st. Print
| Issuer | Reaes Casas de Fundição do Ouro da Capitania de Minas Geraes |
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| Year | 1808 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S122 |
| Obverse description | Printed in black letterpress on white paper, the note bears the numerical value "2" at the upper centre, flanked by two small vignettes. Multiple lines of text in period Portuguese script fill the body of the note, stating the issuing authority, denomination in gold vinténs, and equivalent value in réis. The overall layout is typographic with minimal ornamentation, characteristic of early Brazilian colonial emergency currency. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is completely blank, with no printing, text, or decorative elements of any kind. |
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In 1808, the Portuguese Crown was in crisis — the royal family had fled Lisbon ahead of Napoleon's invasion and was sailing to Brazil. The Casas da Fundição do Ouro da Capitania de Minas Gerais issued these notes as fiduciary instruments representing specific gold values held at the foundry houses, a system designed to reduce the physical movement of gold dust and bullion across the colony's dangerous interior roads. The 75 Réis denomination corresponds to exactly 2 vinténs in gold — the dual designation was deliberate, bridging the colonial gold accounting system with the réis currency used in everyday commerce.
Francisco Antônio da Silva's engraving credit makes this one of the earliest Brazilian paper issues with a documented engraver by name.