Azores 1866 20 reis
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This specimen was lot 2393 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $390. The catalog description[1] noted, "AZORES: Luiz I, 1861-1889, AE 20 reis, 1866, no stops in reverse legend, very attractive, PCGS graded MS64 RB." This specimen is one of a type struck 1865-66 for the Azores. Similar ten and five réis also exist. They may be distinguished from regular Portuguese issues by having the denomination in Arabic numerals (Portuguese coppers have the denomination in Roman numerals).
Recorded mintage: 150,000.
Specification: 12.8 g, copper, 35 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-15.
- Alberto Gomes and Francisco Antonio Magro, Moedas Portuguesas e do Território Que Hoje é Portugal: Catálogo das Moedas Cunhadas para o Continentes e Ilhas Adjacentes, para os Territórios do Ultramar e Grão-Mestres Portugueses da Ordem de Malta, 6ª Edição, Lisbon: Associação Numismática de Portugal, 2013.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Reis, Lina, Anuário de Numismática, Moedas e notas 2010, 31ª ediçao, Lisbon: Publinummis, Lda, 2009.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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