Brazil 1786 4000 reis
This specimen was lot 23845 in Heritage sale 3026 (Long Beach, October 2013), where it sold for $8,812.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Maria I & Pedro III gold 4000 Reis 1786, MS62 NGC. Mintage of 3000. A seldom available date with frosty luster and rich orange-gold surfaces. Rare in any grade, and especially desirable in Mint State. Ex-Norweb (lot#895- Spink America March 1997) From The RLM Collection, Part II." The type was struck 1778-86 without mintmark. Later types exist dated 1787-1822. It is the largest of the "moedas provinciales" series and the only one that can be called somewhat common, tho this type is scarce.
Recorded mintage: 3,000.
Specification: 8.07 g, 0.917 fine gold, .237 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM 210, Russo-458, Gomes-18.05.
- [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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