Brazil 1700 640 reis
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This specimen was lot 23158 in Heritage sale 3020 (Long Beach, September 2012), where it sold for $881.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "Pedro II 640 Reis 1700/699P Shield Counterstamp, XF40 NGC, nicely toned with a sharp shield counterstamp (applied in 1809). Scarce and attractive host coin." The Lisbon mint struck this type in several varieties 1699-1700. It saw hard use for over a century as evidenced by the 1809 counterstamp.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 17.92 g, 0.917 fine silver, .528 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM 90.1.
- Amato, Claudio, and Irlei S. Neves, Livro das Moedas do Brasil, 14a ed. Sao Paulo, 2015.
- 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.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Pimentel, Alvaro Mendes, Catálogo de Moedas Brasileiras de 1643 a 1962, 9a Ed., Rio de Janeiro, 1962.
- [1]Tucker, Warren, and Cris Bierrenbach, Heritage Signature Auction 3020: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.
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