400 Réis

Features

Country	Brazil
Period	Republic of the United States of Brazil (1889-1967)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1938-1942
Value	400 Réis (400)
Currency	Real (1799-1942)
Composition	Copper-nickel
Weight	5.5 g
Diameter	23 mm
Thickness	1.9 mm
Shape	Scalloped (22 notches)
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	1942
References	KM# 547 Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14^th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA. Thomas Michael (editor); 2016. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 1701-1800 (7^th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, USA. Thomas Michael (editor), Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2016. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 1601-1700 (7^th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, USA. Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 1901-2000 (47^th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA. Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 1801-1900 (9^th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA.

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.

Lettering: GETULIO VARGAS

Engraver: Leopoldo Alves de Campos

Reverse

Denomination above date encircled by Marajoara decoration collar.

Lettering:
BRASIL
400
RÉIS
1940

Engravers: Walfrides Bruno Trindade, Orlando Moutinho Maia

Edge

Smooth with indentations / scallops

Comments

The Marajoara or Marajó was a native nation that inhabited the Marajó Island and the Amazon river in the Pre-Columbian era.

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Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	UNC	Frequency
1938	10,620,000	0.36	0.65	0.73	0.78	3.35	66%
1940	7,312,000	0.37	0.78	0.76	0.96	2.95	55%
1942	1,496,000	0.94	0.60	0.95	1.25		27%	Higher copper content

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