Brazil 1737-R 6400 reis

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Heritage sale 3073, lot 30460
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This specimen was lot 30460 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $2,280. The catalog description[1] noted, "João V gold 6400 Reis 1737-R AU55 NGC, Rio de Janeiro mint, A delightful offering showing a minimum of rub to Joao's portrait in conjunction with gleaming golden fields. From the Santa Cruz Collection." This type was struck 1731-50 and is among the more available colonial gold coins of Brazil tho the early dates are rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 14.34 g, 0.917 fine gold, .423 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-46, KM 149, LDMB-212.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3073, featuring the Lake County Collection of British coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.

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