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2 Books on Numismatics BES Numismatics and BES Numismatics and Brazil (Espírito Santo Bank Collection) BES Numismatics and Brazil (Espírito Santo Bank Collection) 2013 70 Pages This book presents part of one of the rarest and most complete collections of gold coins and bars from Brazil. It accompanies the history of this country from its beginnings. In total, it presents around 150 gold coins, covering three centuries of Luso-Brazilian history, FROM D. João IV to D. Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil. It also includes coins minted in the name of the Kings of Portugal in Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, and Minas Gerais during the reigns of D. João V to D. João VI. BES Numismatics 2011 28 Pages This book goes back to the Hispania dominated by the Romans, to Bracara Augusta of the Suevi or to Egitania of the Visigoths. Get to know Ahmad ibn Qasi, lord of Mértola, the epic battles of the first Portuguese kings, the deeds of King John I and the crusading spirit of King Afonso V. Heading to Africa, India, and Brazil on the caravels of Vasco da Gama and Pedro Álvares Cabral.