Brazil 1782-B 1600 reis
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This specimen was lot 12025 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $13,512. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRAZIL. 1,600 Reis, 1782-B. PCGS Genuine--Surface Damage, AU Details Secure Holder. Maria I & Pedro III (1777-86). VERY RARE denomination." This type, the last of this denomination, was struck 1781-84; all dates are rare as is this denomination as a class. The Eliasberg specimen brought $29,900.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.58 g, 0.917 fine gold, .105 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-79; KM-211; LDMB-473; Gomes-24.03.
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- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.
- Sáez Salgado, Javier, Moedas de Ouro de Portugal, 1185-1889, Lisbon, Numisma Leiloes, 2001.
- 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.
- Pimentel, Alvaro Mendes, Catálogo de Moedas Brasileiras de 1643 a 1962, 9a Ed., Rio de Janeiro, 1962.
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