2 Reais Bicentenary of Independence of Brazil

2 Reais (Bicentenary of Independence of Brazil) - obverse2 Reais (Bicentenary of Independence of Brazil) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Brazil
Issuing bank Central Bank of Brazil (Banco Central do Brasil)
Period Federative Republic of Brazil (1967-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2022
Value 2 Reais
2 BRL = USD 0.40
Currency Real (1994-date)
Composition Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight 10.17 g
Diameter 30 mm
Thickness 2.1 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled, coloured
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Number
N#
334928
References KM# 735
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

Bicentenary of Independence of Brazil

Obverse

Detail of the painting “Independence or Death”, by Pedro Américo, with emphasis on the image of Imperator D. Pedro I wielding his sword, at the moment of the Shout of Independence.

Script: Latin

Lettering: BICENTENÁRIO DA INDEPENDÊNCIA - 1822 - 2022 - BRASIL

Translation: Bicentenary of Independence - 1822 - 2022 - Brazil

Reverse

An excerpt from the Independence Anthem and a green-yellow banner in motion.

The colors green and yellow as a symbol of the country have their origins in Independence. Chosen by D. Pedro I, the colors come from the houses of Bragança and Habsburg and have been used on the country's flag since the First Empire.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
2
REAIS
Já podeis, da Pátria filhos,
Ver contente a mãe gentil,
Já raiou a liberdade
No horizonte do Brasil
2022

Translation:
2
Reais
You can now, children of the Fatherland,
To see the kind mother happy,
Freedom has already dawned
On the horizon of Brazil
2022

Edge

Reeded

2 Reais (Bicentenary of Independence of Brazil) -  obverse

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Mint

Casa da Moeda do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1694-date)

Comments

First Brazilian coin to use colors

OBS 1: Letter P (PROVA) for specimen coins lower right in anverse


OBS 2: Coins in a sealed card-shaped case made of rigid plastic by Casa da Moeda do Brasil

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2022  40 000 $ 15 Mintage in 4 issues of 10.000 coins

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