Brazil 1768-B 800 reis

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Ponterio sale 164, lot 498
photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 498 in Ponterio sale 164 (New York, January 2012), where it sold for $5,462.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRAZIL. 800 Reis, 1768-B. Jose I (1750-77). VERY RARE type. NGC XF-45." While the 6400 réis is relatively available, its fractions (3200 réis, 1600 réis and 800 réis) are much scarcer. This type is recorded from Bahia for 1752-77.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.79 g, 0.917 fine gold, .052 troy oz AGW, 17 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Fr-72; KM 180.1; LDMB-349; Gomes-44.12.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 164: The January 2012 N.Y.I.N.C. Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2011.

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