Brazil 2000 Reis Silver Coin 1922 Centennial of Independence
Commemorative issue: Independence Centennial
Obverse: Denomination in digits, Coat of arms of the Empire of Brazil and the Republic of Brazil, legend "1822-1922"
Lettering: 1° CENTENARIO DA INDEPENDENCIA 1822-1922 2 MIL REIS.
Reverse: Name of the country, portraits of the Emperor Dom Pedro I and the president Epitacio Pessoa, legend "ACCLAM. DA INDEPENDENCIA D.PEDRO I. X.PRESID. DA REPUBLICA EPITACIO PESSOA - BRASIL" ("Acclaimer of the independence Don Pedro I. 10th president Epitacio Pessoа")
Edge: Reeded
Year: 1922.
Value: 2000 Réis.
Metal: Silver (.500).
Weight: 7.9 g.
Diameter: 26 mm.
Shape: Round.
Demonetized: 1955.
Mint: CMB - Casa da Moeda do Brasil (Brazilian National Mint).
Mintage: Commemorative - 1 559 570.
Independence of Brazil
The Independence of Brazil comprised a series of political and military events that occurred in 1821–1824, most of which involved disputes between Brazil and Portugal regarding the call for independence presented by the Brazilian Empire. It is celebrated on September 7, the anniversary of the September 7, 1822 date regent Prince Dom Pedro declared Brazil's independence from Portugal. Formal recognition came with a treaty signed by both Brazil and Portugal in late 1825.
Epitácio Pessoa
Epitácio Lindolfo da Silva Pessoa (23 May 1865 – 13 February 1942) was a Brazilian politician and jurist who served as 11th President of Brazil between 1919 and 1922, when Rodrigues Alves was unable to take office due to illness, after being elected in 1918. His period of government was marked by military revolts that would culminate in the Revolution of 1930, which brought Getúlio Vargas into control of the federal government.
In addition to his term as president, Pessoa served as Minister of Justice, a justice in the Supreme Federal Tribunal, Attorney General, a two-term Federal Deputy, a three-term Senator, Chief of the Brazilian delegation for the Treaty of Versailles, and a judge on the Permanent Court of International Justice.