Brazil 1778 1000 reis
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This specimen was lot 31139 in Heritage sale 3135 (Pittsburgh, September 2026), where it sold for $500.20. The catalog description[1] noted, "Brazil: Maria I & Pedro III gold 1000 Reis 1778-(L) AU Details (Cleaned) NGC, Lisbon/Rio de Janeiro mint. First year of issue. From the Vila Rica Collection of Brazilian Gold Coins, Part II." This type was struck at Lisbon, Rio and Bahia without mintmark in small quantities 1778-82 as part of the moedas provinciales series.
Recorded mintage: 2,816.
Specification: 2.01 g, 0.917 fine gold, 17.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 208, LMB-446.
- 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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