Brazil 1765-R 6400 reis

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Heritage sale 3020, lot 23212
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 23212 in Heritage sale 3020 (Long Beach, September 2012), where it sold for $1,116.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "Jose I gold 6400 Reis 1765R, AU55 NGC, a nice lustrous coin with well-struck details." The type was struck in Rio and Bahia (KM 172.1) 1751-77. The Bahia mint issues are generally scarcer than the Rio issues.

Recorded mintage: 330,000.

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

Catalog reference: KM 172.2.

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]Tucker, Warren, and Cris Bierrenbach, Heritage Signature Auction 3020: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.

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