† WORLD COINS, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, BRAZIL Republic, Silver 2000-Reis, 1897, laureate head left, rev circle with stars within open wreath (Russo 676; KM 498). Sometime polished, few light edge knocks, about extremely fine. The so-called “Republic Heads” were struck by the newly formed Brazilian Republic to pay leftover debt (by the Empire) to the British. Most of these coins were subsequently melted by Great Britain, so the large mintages are quite misleading. £200-250
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