Brazil 1727-M 12800 reis

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Heritage sale 3024, lot 23274
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 23274 in Heritage sale 3024 (Chicago, April 2013), where it sold for $4,406.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "João V gold 12800 Reis 1727-M, F15 NGC. Heavily worn but with strong date, mint mark and legends. Reverse is about VF. Scarce first year of issue." This type was struck in Minas Gerais 1727-33, in Rio 1727-31 and Bahia 1727-30. Tho it is always expensive, it is not rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28.68 g, 0.917 fine gold, .845 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 139, Russo-283, Gomes-139.01.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Pimentel, Alvaro Mendes, Catálogo de Moedas Brasileiras de 1643 a 1962, 9a Ed., Rio de Janeiro, 1962.
  • [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3024, featuring the Kairos and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collections, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.

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