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960 Réis - João Prince Regent
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda do Brasil |
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| Year | 1810-1818 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Mintage | 1810 B - KM#307.1 (Bahia, `P. REGENES`; rare) - 1810 B - KM#307.1 (Bahia, small crown; very rare) - 1810 B - KM#307.1 (Bahia) - 229,728 1810 M - KM#307.2 (Vila Rica; very rare) - 1810 R - KM#307.3 (Rio de Janeiro) - 1,059,608 1811 B - KM#307.1 (Bahia) - 144,578 1811 R - KM#307.3 (Rio de Janeiro) - 293,999 1812 B - KM#307.1 (Bahia) - 352,306 1812 R - KM#307.3 (Rio de Janeiro, overdate variety exists) - 232,278 1813 B - KM#307.1 (Bahia, `P. REGENES`; rare) - 1813 B - KM#307.1 (Bahia) - 407,000 1813 R - KM#307.3 (Rio de Janeiro, overdate variety exists) - 1,098,421 1814 B - KM#307.1 (Bahia) - 928,127 1814 R - KM#307.3 (Rio de Janeiro) - 718,347 1815 B - KM#307.1 (Bahia) - 764,497 1815 R - KM#307.3 (Rio de Janeiro, `STAB. NATA.`; very rare) - 1815 R - KM#307.3 (Rio de Janeiro) - 855,153 1816 B - KM#307.1 (Bahia) - 2,394,441 1816 M - KM#307.2 (Vila Rica, very rare) - 1816 R - KM#307.3 (Rio de Janeiro) - 1,214,486 1817 B - KM#307.1 (Bahia) - 1817 R - KM#307.3 (Rio de Janeiro) - 1,599,534 1818 R - KM#307.3 (Rio de Janeiro, star on crown) - |
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The 960 réis was struck on Spanish colonial 8 reales — cut, counter-stamped, and re-minted rather than cast from fresh planchets. When the Portuguese court fled Napoleon's invasion in 1807 and transplanted itself to Rio de Janeiro, the colony suddenly needed coinage at scale but lacked the silver stocks to produce it conventionally. The solution was to commandeer circulating Spanish American coins, overstrike them, and issue them as Brazilian currency.
The host coin is frequently visible beneath the strike. Collectors actively seek examples showing identifiable underliers — particularly Lima or Potosí 8 reales — making this type genuinely two coins in one.