Description:
Obverse
Legend bypassing the border with the words JOSEPHUS.I.D.G.P.ET.BRASIL.
Below the circle legend of pearls.
Crown that surpasses in height the circle of pearls.
Below the crown, the value, which is superimposed by the shield counter.
The superimposed value is flanked by finials.
Below the value the date of 1774 between points.
Reverse
Legend bypassing the border with the words PECUNIA.TOTUM.CIRCUMIT.ORBEM.
In the center an armillary sphere.
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