Brazil 1758-B 6400 reis

From CoinVarieties
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Heritage sale 3012, lot 23210
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 23210 in Heritage sale 3012 (New York, January 2011), where it sold for $8,050. The catalog description[1] noted, "Jose I gold 6400 Reis 1758B, MS66 NGC, a stunningly gorgeous coin with deeply lustrous surfaces and razor sharp details. Very rare in this superior quality." The type was struck 1751-77 in Brazil and Portugal. The Bahia mint issues are generally scarcer than the Rio issues.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

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

Catalog reference: Fr-65, KM 172.1.

Source:

  • [1]Tucker, Warren, and Scott Cordry, Heritage Signature Auction 3012: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.
  • 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.
  • Sáez Salgado, Javier, Moedas de Ouro de Portugal, 1185-1889, Lisbon, Numisma Leiloes, 2001.
  • 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.

Link to:

Retrieved from "https://coinvarieties.com/index.php?title=Brazil_1758-B_6400_reis&oldid=376883"