Brazil 300 Réis, 1938 – 1942

Obverse Reverse

Information

Country Brazil Brazil
Currency Real (1799 – 1942)
Coin type Standard circulation coin
Denomination 300 Réis
Year 1938 – 1942
Ruler Republic of the United States of Brazil (1889–1967)
Composition Copper-nickel
Shape Scalloped
Alignment Coin alignment ↑↓
Technique Milled
Weight (g) 4.4
Diameter (mm) 21
Thickness (mm) 1.7
Demonetized Yes

Description

300 Réis from Brazil. Issued from 1938 to 1942. Struck in Copper-nickel. Measures 21 mm and weighs 4.4 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. (Brazil
300
Réis
1938)
Edge
Fluted

Mintage & Variants

Date Mintage vg f vf xf au unc Comment Frequency
1942  2M € 0,40 € 0,40 € 0,89 € 1,00 € 2,10 € 6,00 Has a yellow cast due to higher copper content 27%
1940  8.1M € 0,37 € 0,81 € 0,83 € 0,98 € 1,20 € 3,10 54%
1938  12.1M € 0,34 € 0,54 € 0,54 € 0,81 € 1,20 € 1,70 67%

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