BRAZIL 

KM 591

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
5 cruzeiros 21.8 4.5   Plain Stainless Steel Coin
Obverse Reverse
Coffee plant, legend - title of state.

Coffee production in Brazil is responsible for about a third of all coffee, making Brazil by far the world's largest producer.

Denomination, below - the year of minting. To the left of the date the plant of the central bank and to the right a zimbo-shell, used as money in colonial Brazil.