1974.27.295: Two Hundred Reis Coin
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1974.27.295
- People
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Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Two Hundred Reis Coin
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1871
- Culture
- Brazilian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/184018
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Cupronickel
- Dimensions
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3.1 cm diam. x 0.3 cm depth (1 1/4 x 1/8 in.)
14.97 g - Denomination
- two-hundred reis
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: obverse: IMPERIO DO BRAZIL 1871
- inscription: reverse: [around perimeter:] DECRETO No. 1817 DE 3 DE SETEMBRO DE 1870; [at center:] 200 REIS
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Arthur W. Arundel, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1974.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, A Gift to the Museum from Arthur W. Arundel through the Harvard Fund Council, Class of 1951
- Accession Year
- 1974
- Object Number
- 1974.27.295
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Obverse: crowned shield with ring of stars around globe; garland of leaves below (coat of arms of the Empire of Brazil). Beaded border on obverse and reverse.
Verification Level
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