Brazil 1781-B 6400 reis

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Heritage sale 3012, lot 23233
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 23233 in Heritage sale 3012 (Boston, August 2010), where it sold for $1,840. The catalog description[1] noted, "Maria I & Pedro III gold 6400 Reis 1781B, AU55 NGC, boldly detailed with abundant mint luster." The type was struck 1777-86 while Maria and Pedro III were consorts. After his death in 1786, Maria is shown alone, wearing a widow's veil. The Rio issues are fairly common but the Bahia issues (shown here) are much scarcer.

Recorded mintage: 34,000.

Specification: 14.34 g, 0.917 fine gold, .423 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-77, KM 199.1.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • [1]Tucker, Warren, and Scott Cordry, Heritage Sale 3012: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.

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