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thingee Pillar of the Community United States 2177 Posts	Posted 09/06/2006 12:54 am Or is this a commemorative medallion? How much in US is 400 rels? Am I reading this Brazilian coin right? Image: 19002.jpg 42.12 KB Report this Post to the Staff

thingee Pillar of the Community United States 2177 Posts	Posted 09/06/2006 12:55 am I need to rescan the observes. They didn't come out. Report this Post to the Staff
thingee Pillar of the Community United States 2177 Posts	Posted 09/06/2006 01:00 am Okay, I think I've got it. Image: 19001.jpg 37.72 KB Report this Post to the Staff
thingee Pillar of the Community United States 2177 Posts	Posted 09/06/2006 01:07 am Okay, the scans came out really bad. The Canadian penny has 1962 and has New Zealand One Penny on REV. The Brazilian on obs. Oswaldo Cruz, obs. Brazil 1938 400 RELS and a W. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16806 Posts	Posted 09/06/2006 01:54 am The New Zealand penny should indeed be bronze; I'd say yours has been silvered. Given it's been holed as well, it's probably been turned into a medallion or keyring. The Brazilian coin is a 400 reis from 1938; it's made of cupronickel and CV is 50¢ in Fine. The reis is the old, "predecimal" Brazilian denomination; Brazil has reformed their currency at least seven times since that coin was issued , so it's hard to give a direct correlation between it and the US dollar, but to give some idea the highest denomination issued at the same time was a 5000 reis coin; it was .600 silver and about the size of a US half-dollar. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
grouse12 Valued Member New Zealand 227 Posts	Posted 09/06/2006 02:16 am Sap is dead right about the New Zealand penny it should be bronze so some one has coated it. Report this Post to the Staff
thingee Pillar of the Community United States 2177 Posts	Posted 09/06/2006 02:24 am Wow! You guys are really impressive with your knowledge. Thanks for the education!! Report this Post to the Staff
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