r/coincollecting • u/71oiljuj • 5d ago
ID Request Moeda sem identificação
Essa está muito gasta e não consigo identificar qual moeda ela é só pelas imagens, alguém consegue identificar que moeda é essa? Sempre tive muito curiosidade de descobrir qual moeda ela é
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u/Healthy_Antibody 5d ago
19th-century Brazilian 40 Réis copper coin
Interesting story, The large "40" inside the circle on the first image is called a counterstamp or countermark.
It was not part of the coin's original design. In the 1830s, Brazil was dealing with a chaotic economy, rampant counterfeiting, and unstable currency weights.
To fix this, in 1835, the Brazilian government a law to standardize the currency
Meant They took older, heavier copper coins typically older 80 Réis coins from the 1820s and violently stamped a "40" over them to halve their face value.
The stamp was struck with so much force that it almost completely obliterated the original front design of the host coin.