Brazil 1763-B 6400 reis
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
This specimen was lot 30513 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $1,140. The catalog description[1] noted, "Jose I gold 6400 Reis 1763-B AU55 NGC, Bahia mint. Bold and lustrous, with only the date showing an insignificant degree of weakness. This offering is the first that we have sold of this mint-date combination. From the Santa Cruz Collection." This type was struck 1751-77 and is among the more available colonial gold coins of Brazil. This date obtains a premium in the SCWC but such was not realized in the auction.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.34 g, 0.917 fine gold, .423 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-69, KM 172.1, LDMB-408.
- 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.
Links to: