Brazil 1766-R 3200 reis

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Heritage sale 3135, lot 31107
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This specimen was lot 31107 in Heritage sale 3135 (Pittsburgh, September 2026), where it sold for $1,525. The catalog description[1] noted, "Brazil: José I gold 3200 Reis (1/2 Peça) 1766-R VF Details (Excessive Clipping) PCGS, Rio de Janeiro mint. Retaining well-defined motifs." While the 6400 réis is relatively available, its fractions (3200 réis, 1600 réis and 800 réis) are much scarcer. This type is recorded from Rio for 1755-56, 1760, 1766 and 1772-73. This example sold for over the catalog value despite being clipped.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7.17 g, 0.917 fine gold, .211 troy oz, this specimen 6.32 g.

Catalog reference: KM 183.2, LMB-416.

Source:

  • Amato, Claudio, and Irlei S. Neves, Livro das Moedas do Brasil, 14a ed. Sao Paulo, 2015.
  • [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2026 September 1 - 5 ANA World & Ancient Coins Platinum Session and Signature® Auction #3135, featuring The Vila Rica Collection of Brazilian Gold Coins, Part II, and The Grundy Collection of Latin American and Spanish Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2026.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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