12,800 Reis, Brazil, 1732
date: label: Date made
content: 1732
notes: label: Description
content: The reis was a tiny Portuguese monetary unit in use from 1430 to 1911, and its coins often came in large denominations, such as this 12800 reis piece from Brazil. In the colonies of English America, non-English coins like the reis circulated freely, their value determined by the weight and type of metal they contained. This practice continued after the founding of the United States, finally ending in the mid-19th century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Brazil
label: place of issue
content: Brazil
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.68.159.1266
label: accession number
content: 283645
label: catalog number
content: 68.159.1266
label: catalog number
content: NU*283645.4017
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis measurement)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 37 mm; 1 15/32 in