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Auction 143 12-14 Dec 2017
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Coins of Brazil from Various Properties
WORLD COINS, MINAS GERAIS, Morro Velho, zinc 80 Réis, 1848, 38mm (Rulau E 11). Fine, rare £240-300
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The Morro Velho gold mine complex, located near Nova Lima in Minas Gerais province and opened in 1835, is the world's oldest continuously worked mine. These tokens were used to pay the slaves who worked there – slavery itself was abolished in Brazil in 1888
WORLD COINS, MINAS GERAIS, Morro Velho, zinc 80 Réis, 1848, 38mm (Rulau E 11). Fine, rare £240-300
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The Morro Velho gold mine complex, located near Nova Lima in Minas Gerais province and opened in 1835, is the world's oldest continuously worked mine. These tokens were used to pay the slaves who worked there – slavery itself was abolished in Brazil in 1888