20 Réis - Pedro II (Countermarked 40 Réis with star CEARÁ) ND (1834) front 20 Réis - Pedro II (Countermarked 40 Réis with star CEARÁ) ND (1834) back
20 Réis - Pedro II (Countermarked 40 Réis with star CEARÁ) ND (1834) photo
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20 Réis - Pedro II Countermarked 40 Réis with star CEARÁ ND

1834 year
Copper 14.34 g 37 mm
Description
Issuer
Brazil
Type
Standard circulation coin
Year
1834
Value
20 Réis
Currency
Real (1799-1942)
Composition
Copper
Weight
14.34 g
Diameter
37 mm
Thickness
1.4 mm
Shape
Round
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-10-04
References
Numista
N#124741
Rarity index
91%

Reverse

Script: Latin

Edge

Plain

Comment

In view of the large number of counterfeit copper coins, the Government of the Province of Ceará, obeying the law, collected in 1834 the copper coins in circulation, intending to eliminate illegal coins. There was a lack of division coins in the trade.
In 1834, the president of the Province of Ceará officiated the National Treasury, noting that the coins collected in the previous year were re-circulated, but countersigned in the shape of a five-pointed star with one of the letters word CEARÁ; being that in the center of this star, there is another star smaller of five points, a five-petal florion or irregular pentagon.