Brazil 1788 320 reis
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This specimen was lot 236 in Sedwick internet sale 2 (Winter Park, FL, June 2012). The catalog description noted, "Brazil (Bahia mint), 320 reis, 1788. Nice VF with attractive old toning around details (great contrast), edge slightly smoothed at top and bottom." This type is listed for 1787-97 as made in Lisbon with "high crown" (shown here) and "low crown" varieties.
Recorded mintage: 19,000.
Specification: 8.90 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 8.8 g.
Catalog reference: KM 221.1.
- 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.
- 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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- 1787 320 réis
- 1788-R 6,400 réis
- 1790 320 réis
- Coins and currency dated 1788
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