Brazil 1772-B 6400 reis

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Heritage sale 3026, lot 23803
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This specimen was lot 23803 in Heritage sale 3026 (Long Beach, October 2013), where it sold for $1,292.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Jose I gold 6400 Reis 1772-B, Uncirculated Details - Surface Hairlines NGC. A bold representative with die rust in the obverse and reverse fields. From The RLM Collection, Part II." This type was struck 1751-77 and is among the more available colonial gold coins of Brazil.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 14.34 g, 0.917 fine gold, .422 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 172.1, Russo-402, Gomes-54.25.

Source:

  • [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and Scott Cordry, Heritage Signature Auction 3026, World & Ancient Coins, featuring the RLM Collection, Part Two, the Nogales Collection and the Goetz Medals Die Archive, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 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.

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