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A star-shaped shield with a blue sphere on a coffee and tobacco wreath.
Also known as: Brazilian coat of arms, Armas do Brasil, Star shield with a sphere, Brazilian emblem
Brazil's arms centre on a blue celestial sphere carrying the Southern Cross, surrounded by twenty-seven stars for the states and federal district — a number that has changed as states were created. The wreath is coffee and tobacco, the crops of the nineteenth-century economy.
Denotes the Federative Republic of Brazil: a starred shield bearing a blue sphere with the Southern Cross, on a five-pointed star, wreathed in coffee and tobacco.
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Carries one star for each state and the federal district, so the count has been amended by statute as the federation changed.
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Uses coffee on one side of the wreath and tobacco on the other, naming the two export crops of the economy at the republic's founding.
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A blue circular sphere crossed by a band and bearing the Southern Cross, set on a large five-pointed star, above crossed branches of coffee on one side and tobacco on the other, with a ribbon beneath.