1869 20 Reis Brazil - Imperio Do Brazil Twenty Reis 1869 - Old Brazilian Coin

This listing is for the photographed 1869 20 Reis Brazil.

The obverse features a right-facing portrait of Pedro II with the Latin inscription “PETRUS II D.G.C. IMP. ET PERP. BRAS. DEF.”, meaning roughly “Pedro II, by the grace of God, Constitutional Emperor and Perpetual Defender of Brazil.” The initials C.L. beneath the portrait belong to the engraver Christian Luster. These 20 Réis coins were part of a short-lived bronze denomination series introduced in 1868. The 10 and 20 Réis denominations were discontinued after 1870, making this 1869 issue part of a relatively brief series. Historically, this coin comes from the final decades of the Brazilian Empire, just 20 years before Pedro II was deposed and Brazil became a republic in 1889. It's a neat representation of Brazil's imperial coinage and the reign of its longest-serving monarch.

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1869 20 Reis Brazil - Imperio Do Brazil Twenty Reis 1869 - Old Brazilian Coin