2 Reais Japanese Immigration; pattern

Features

Issuer	Brazil
Period	Federative Republic of Brazil (1967-date)
Type	Patterns
Year	2008
Value	2 Reais (2 BRL)
Currency	Real (1994-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel
Weight	10.17 g
Diameter	30 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 537724
References	AI Coins# E418 Cláudio Patrick Amato, Irlei Soares das Neves; 2018. Livro das Moedas do Brasil 1643 até 2018 = Book of Coins of Brazil (1643 to 2018) (15). Art Graph, São Paulo, Brazil.

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Commemorative issue

Centennial of Japanese Immigration in Brazil

Obverse

Kasato Maru ship.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CENTENÁRIO DA IMIGRAÇÁO JAPONESA NO BRASIL
1908
2008

Translation: Centennial of Japanese immigration in Brazil.

Reverse

Female Japanese peasant immigrant.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
2
REAIS

Mint

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

Comments

This coin is identified with the word “PROVA” included in design, but was not possible to find an image of it, so we don't know the location of the word.

Kasato Maru was the ship that brought the first Japanese immigrants to Brazil.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_immigration_in_Brazil

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasato_Maru

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
2008												Lettered "Prova"

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