Brazil 400 Réis, 1938 – 1942

Obverse Reverse

Information

Country Brazil Brazil
Currency Real (1799 – 1942)
Coin type Standard circulation coin
Denomination 400 Réis
Year 1938 – 1942
Ruler Republic of the United States of Brazil (1889–1967)
Composition Copper-nickel
Shape Scalloped (22 notches)
Alignment Coin alignment ↑↓
Technique Milled
Weight (g) 5.5
Diameter (mm) 23
Thickness (mm) 1.9
Demonetized 1942

Description

400 Réis from Brazil. Issued from 1938 to 1942. Struck in Copper-nickel. Measures 23 mm and weighs 5.5 g.

Obverse
Portrait of Getúlio Dornelles Vargas (1882-1954), President of Brazil, first as dictator, from 1930 to 1945, and in a democratically elected term from 1951 until his suicide in 1954.
Reverse
Denomination above date encircled by Marajoara decoration collar.
Edge
Smooth with indentations / scallops

Mintage & Variants

Date Mintage vg f vf xf au unc Comment Frequency
1942  1.5M € 0,60 € 0,71 € 1,00 € 1,20 — — Higher copper content 28%
1940  7.3M € 0,40 € 0,60 € 0,65 € 1,00 € 1,20 € 2,70 55%
1938  10.6M € 0,37 € 0,59 € 0,72 € 1,50 € 1,50 € 1,50 65%

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