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Goddess Abundantia with Cornucopia & Southern Cross Constellation 1000 Réis Brazil Authentic Coin Money for Jewelry and Craft Making (Crux)

Goddess Abundantia with Cornucopia & Southern Cross Constellation 1000 Réis Brazil Authentic Coin Money for Jewelry and Craft Making (Crux)

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Goddess Abundantia with Cornucopia & Southern Cross Constellation 1000 Réis Brazil Authentic Coin Money for Jewelry and Craft Making (Crux)

Reverse: The goddess of abundance, Abundantia (Roman mythology) facing right, with right knee bent to the ground and holding a Cornucopia. In the frontal field, the constellation of the Southern Cross.
Lettering: Around the edge: 21 stars.

Obverse: Denomination (1000 reis) in wreath of two branches, one of coffee and the other of cotton, a star on the top and on the upper edge, the name BRAZIL. In the coin base the date.
Lettering: BRASIL * 1000 RÉIS

(Comment: The Goddess Abundantia would carry a cornucopia that was filled with grain and coins. She would occasionally leave some of her grain or money at someone's house as a gift.)

(Comment: The flag of Brazil is a blue disc depicting a starry sky (which includes the Southern Cross)...Each star, corresponding to a Brazilian Federal Unit, is sized in proportion relative to its geographic size, and, according to Brazilian Law, the flag must be updated in case of creation or extinction of a state. At the time the flag was first adopted in 1889, it had 21 stars.)

Features
Issuer Brazil
Period Republic of the United States of Brazil (1889-1967)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1924-1931
Value 1000 Réis (1000)
Currency Real (1799-1942)
Composition Aluminium-bronze
Weight 8 g
Diameter 26.8 mm
Thickness 2.1 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number N# 6132
References KM# 525

Wikipedia:
In ancient Roman religion, Abundantia was a divine personification of abundance and prosperity. The name Abundantia means plenty or riches. This name is fitting as Abundantia was a goddess of abundance, money-flow, prosperity, fortune, valuables, and success. She would help protect your savings and investments. Abundantia would even assist someone with major purchases. She was among the embodiments of virtues in religious propaganda that cast the emperor as the ensurer of "Golden Age" conditions. Abundantia thus figures in art, cult, and literature, but has little mythology as such. She may have survived in some form in Roman Gaul and medieval France. Abundantia would carry a cornucopia that was filled with grain and coins. She would occasionally leave some of her grain or money at someone's house as a gift.

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Wikipedia:
The flag of Brazil (Portuguese: Bandeira do Brasil), is a blue disc depicting a starry sky (which includes the Southern Cross) spanned by a curved band inscribed with the national motto "Ordem e Progresso" ("Order and Progress"), within a yellow rhombus, on a green field....

Each star, corresponding to a Brazilian Federal Unit, is sized in proportion relative to its geographic size, and, according to Brazilian Law, the flag must be updated in case of creation or extinction of a state. At the time the flag was first adopted in 1889, it had 21 stars.

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WIkipedia:
Crux (/krʌks/) is a constellation of the southern sky that is centred on four bright stars in a cross-shaped asterism commonly known as the Southern Cross. It lies on the southern end of the Milky Way's visible band. The name Crux is Latin for cross. Even though it is the smallest of all 88 modern constellations, Crux is among the most easily distinguished as its four main stars each have an apparent visual magnitude brighter than +2.8. It has attained a high level of cultural significance in many Southern Hemisphere states and nations.

Blue-white α Crucis (Acrux) is the most southerly member of the constellation and, at magnitude 0.8, the brightest. The three other stars of the cross appear clockwise and in order of lessening magnitude: β Crucis (Mimosa), γ Crucis (Gacrux), and δ Crucis (Imai). ε Crucis (Ginan) also lies within the cross asterism. Many of these brighter stars are members of the Scorpius–Centaurus Association, a large but loose group of hot blue-white stars that appear to share common origins and motion across the southern Milky Way.

Crux contains four Cepheid variables, each visible to the naked eye under optimum conditions. Crux also contains the bright and colourful open cluster known as the Jewel Box (NGC 4755) on its eastern border. Nearby to the southeast is a large dark nebula spanning 7° by 5° known as the Coalsack Nebula, portions of which are mapped in the neighbouring constellations of Centaurus and Musca.

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Tammy C
5 stars review from Tammy

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Matthew S
Great niche part of any Thanksgiving decor...

Great niche part of any Thanksgiving decor: Cornucopia, herself, on a coin. Great for the nerdy numismatists out there!

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Wow...I love this coin! It is minted in 19...

Wow...I love this coin! It is minted in 1927 and still remarkably not very worn given its age. Exactly what I was hoping for...thank you once again!