Brazil (1663) 100 reis
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This specimen was lot 50330 in Ponterio sale 168 (Philadelphia, August 2012), where it sold for $1,292. The catalog description[1] noted, BRAZIL. 100 Reis, ND (1663). NGC EF-40. Alfonso VI (1656-67). Type 4, crowned 100 Reis countermark on an undated 80 Reis of Joao IV of Porto Mint. Toned. Host coin VERY FINE, countermark EXTREMELY FINE." This type is rare; it is listed in the SCWC as a "type IV" countermark. This specimen sold for seven times its catalog value. In 1695 mints were opened in Brazil, obviating the need for countermarks.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-27; LDMB-020; Gomes-08.04.
- Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.
- 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.
- Pimentel, Alvaro Mendes, Catálogo de Moedas Brasileiras de 1643 a 1962, 9a Ed., Rio de Janeiro, 1962.
- Amato, Claudio, and Irlei S. Neves, Livro das Moedas do Brasil, 14a ed. Sao Paulo, 2015.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.
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