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BRAZIL: Pedro II, 1683-1706, AR 250 reis, ND (1688), PCGS VF35 c/m: XF details

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BRAZIL: Pedro II, 1683-1706, AR 250 reis, ND (1688), PCGS VF35 c/m: XF details
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BRAZIL: Pedro II, 1683-1706, AR 250 reis, ND (1688), KM-33.2, emergency Type IV crowned "250" countermark, applied in 1688 under the reign of Pedro II, struck on a Portuguese João IV 200 Reis from the Lisbon Mint (KM-49), PCGS graded VF35 c/m: XF details. Tied for finest graded at PCGS.Pedro modernized the minting process in Portugal by experimenting with cast planchets, different types of presses, and other minting techniques. What he did with the old Cruzados and 1/2 Cruzados of Afonso VI (his brother) and Joao IV (his father) was an attempt to transform a hammered coin into a milled one, respecting each type by minting the new legends with the respective name of the king who first struck them.