Brazil 1777-R 6400 reis

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Heritage sale 3024, lot 23327
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries
Heritage sale 3135, lot 31138
H3135-31138r.jpg

The first specimen was lot 23327 in Heritage sale 3024 (Chicago, April 2013), where it sold for $1,057.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Jose I gold 6400 Reis 1777-R, AU Details NGC (bent & scratched), lightly toned with plenty of mint luster, small scratches on the reverse, barely notic[e]able." The second specimen was lot 31138 in Heritage sale 3135 (Pittsburgh, September 2026), where it sold for $2,135. The catalog description[2] noted, "Brazil: José I gold 6400 Reis (Peça) 1777-R AU58 NGC, Rio de Janeiro mint. Final year of issue. Lightly toned. From the Vila Rica Collection of Brazilian Gold Coins, Part II." This type was struck 1751-77 and is among the more available colonial gold coins of Brazil.

Recorded mintage: 347,000.

Specification: 14.34 g, 0.917 fine gold, 31-32 mm diameter, .423 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 172.2, LMB-445.

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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3024, featuring the Kairos and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collections, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
  • [2]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.

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