Live auction - fwo_709314 - BRAZIL - EMPIRE OF BRAZIL - PETER II 5000 Reis 1856 Rio de Janeiro

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MS63

Estimate :	500 €
Price :	441 €
Maximum bid :	455 €
End of the sale :	08 March 2022 19:19:49
bidders :	7 bidders

Type : 5000 Reis

Date: 1856

Mint name / Town : Rio de Janeiro

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰

Diameter : 19 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,48 g.

Edge : cannelée

Slab

PCGS : MS63

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sous coque PCGS MS63

Catalogue references :

KM.19/470

Obverse

Obverse legend : PETRUS II. D. G. G. IMP. - ET PER. BRAS. DEF..

Obverse description : Tête nue et barbue à gauche ; au-dessous, 1856.

Reverse

Reverse legend : IN HOC SI-GNO VINCES.

Reverse description : Écu du Brésil couronné entre deux branches composites.

Commentary

Le Brésil est devenu indépendant en 1822 avec Pierre Ier. En 1831 son fils, Pierre II, lui succède. Quand il est renversé en 1889, l'esclavage est aboli. Ce type a été frappé entre 1854 et 1859.