300 Réis - José I Curved Zones; Province of Minas Gerais; Rio de Janeiro 1754-1764

Weight

9.05 g

Diameter

30 mm

Thickness

NA

Material

Silver (.917)

Shape

Round

Edge Type

Reeded.

Technique

Milled

Front design

J between flowers topped by royal crown. Value and date between dots.

Back design

An armillary sphere in front of the Order of Christ cross, with the R mintmark.

Year of Minting

1754-1764

King

Joseph I (José I) ( 1750-1777 )

Mint location

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

Mint mark

R

Orientation

Medal alignment ↑↑

Inscriptions

Obverse: + 300 + + J + .1756. Reverse: SVBQ. SIGN. NATA. STAB.

Context

Minted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a provincial coin to circulate in the Province of Minas Gerais. Series of J: In 1750, D. José prohibited the circulation of gold coins in the mining regions, considering that commercial transactions in those regions could be carried out with marked gold bars, and gold powder. To meet the needs of small trade in the region, he ordered the mints of Bahia and Rio de Janeiro to mint provincial silver and copper coins. In 1752, however, at the suggestion of the governor of the captaincy of Minas, he determined that silver coins with the values of 600, 300, 150 and 75 Réis should also be minted, given that prices in the mining regions were established in terms of octaves and their sub-multiples, the octave being worth of gold, not fifth, 1200 Réis. To avoid confusion with the provincial silver coins of 640, 320, 160 and 80 Reis, due to the proximity of the values, in the new coins the coat of arms of Portugal was replaced by a "J" surmounted by a crown. These are hard to find coins. Bentes 207.07 - "1" of date is inverted. Bentes 207.08 - Sphere without axis. Bentes 207.09 - Sphere without axis; "1" of date is inverted.

Rarity

Ultra rare

Coin type

Standard circulation

In circulation

No

Demonetized

Yes

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