BRASIL

Updated 13/02/2010

Spanish

1 Real 1998

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There are two coins dated 1998, the first one is the normal design (image from Gerhard Schon); the second one commemorates teh 50th anniversary of the Human Rights declaration, (image from Wagner Schwan), law nº 006506.
Diameter 27,0 milimeters, thicknes 1,95 milimeters.

1 Real 1999

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Image from Carlos Suarez.

1 Real 2002

In june 2002, Brasil began to strike coins in cheaper aleations. Now the core is made with inoxidable steel (later was cupronikel), the ring is made with bronze plated inoxidable steel (the old coins was made with brass). So the new coins are lighter than the old coins

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1 Real 2002 Juscelino Kubitsech

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100th anniversary of the birthday of Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira. The coin was issued september 12th. Juscelino was president of Brasil from 1956 to 1961, he was the founder of the city of Brasilia. Mintage: 50 millions of coins. Law nº 010059. The designer and engraver was Alzira Duim.

1 Real 2005 Banco Central do Brasil

This coin commemorates the 40th aniversary of the Central Bank of Brasil (Banco Central do Brasil). Mintage 40 millions of coins, issue date september 23th.
Law nº 13.736
. The designers and engravers were Glória A. Ferreira y de Katia M. Abreu. The obverse shows the building of the bank in Brasilia.
The images are from Antonio da Silva.

Nº KM Year Value Design Weight Core/Ring metals Mintage
652 1998 1 Real Woman portrait 7,92 gr. Cu-Ni / Brass  
653 1998 1 Real Declaración derechos humanos 7,92 gr. Cu-Ni / Brass 600.000
652 1999 1 Real Woman portrait 7,92 gr. Cu-Ni / Brass  
652 2000 1 Real Woman portrait 7,92 gr. Cu-Ni / Brass  
652 2001 1 Real Woman portrait 7,92 gr. Cu-Ni / Brass  
652a 2002 1 Real Woman portrait 7,00 gr. Inox. steel/Inox. steel+Bronze  
656 2002 1 Real Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira 7,00 gr. Inox. steel/Inox. steel+Bronze

50.000.000

652a 2003 1 Real Woman portrait 7,00 gr. Inox. steel/Inox. steel+Bronze  
652a 2004 1 Real Woman portrait 7,00 gr. Inox. steel/Inox. steel+Bronze  
652a 2005 1 Real Woman portrait 7,00 gr. Inox. steel/Inox. steel+Bronze  
668 2005 1 Real 40th Anniversario BCB 7,00 gr. Inox. steel/Inox. steel+Bronze 40.000.000
652a 2006 1 Real Woman portrait 7,00 gr. Inox. steel/Inox. steel+Bronze  
652a 2007 1 Real Woman portrait 7,00 gr. Inox. steel/Inox. steel+Bronze  
652a 2008 1 Real Woman portrait 7,00 gr. Inox. steel/Inox. steel+Bronze  
652a 2009 1 Real Woman portrait 7,00 gr. Inox. steel/Inox. steel+Bronze  

Coca Cola token machines

This kind of tokens are used in vending machines from Coca Cola Company. I knows tokens from Colombia (COL) and Uruguay (URU). The inner core was made with the same metal used in the ring.
This one is from the city of Santos/Sao Paulo ST.

Tokens from Ibirite (IB Minas Gerais) and Niteroi (NI Rio de Janeiro).

These tokens are from Sao Paulo (SP), Sao Luis (SL) and Recife (RE).

The letters PA are from Porto Alegre, province of Río Grande do Sul.

City of Sorocaba, SR.

Token from Porto Real, PR.

The letters JP are from the city of Joao Pessoa.

I think that this token is from Niterói / Rio de Janeiro. There are other token from Nieteroi with the letters NI.

Belo Horizonte token, from the province of Minas Gerais.

I don't know the meaning of the letter FZ, maybe are from the city of Fortaleza in the Ceará State.

Maybe the letter SA are from Sao Paulo.

This token is from Rio de Janeiro, RJ.

 

Other letter used in this tokens

AJ = City of Aracajú / state of Seará
BH = Belo Horizonte / Minas Gerais
BL = Belém / Pará
BU = Baurú / São Paulo
CM = Campinas / São Paulo
CT = Curitiba / Paraná
IB = Ibirite / Minas Gerais
MA = Marília , São Paulo
MN = Manaus / Amazonas
NT = Niterói / Rio de Janeiro
PA = Porto Alegre / Rio Grande do Sul
PE = Pernambuco
RE = Recife
RJ = Rio de Janeiro
RP = Ribeirão Preto / São Paulo
SL = São Luis
SP = São Paulo/São Paulo
ST = Santos/São Paulo

This list was provided by Luciano Fischer Maia.

World Football Championship  2006

 

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