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75 Réis - 2 Vinténs of gold Royal Gold Foundry Houses, 1st. Print
| Uitgever | Reaes Casas de Fundição do Ouro da Capitania de Minas Geraes |
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| Jaar | 1808 |
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| Referentie(s) | P#S122 |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | 2 Reaes Casas da Fundição do ouro da Capitania de Minas Geraes Dous vintens de ouro Setenta e cinco reis. (Translation: 2 Royal Gold Foundry Houses of the Captaincy of Minas Gerais Two gold vinténs Seventy-five reis.) |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | 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.