Brazil 1792 2000 reis

Heritage sale 3026, lot 23879

This specimen was lot 23879 in Heritage sale 3026 (Long Beach, October 2013), where it sold for $4,406.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Maria I gold 2000 Reis 1792, MS61 NGC. Large internal cuds in crown on the obverse. An attractive lustrous specimen. From The RLM Collection, Part II." The type was struck 1787, 1792 and 1793 without mintmark. It is the last of its denomination.

Recorded mintage: 2,251.

Specification: 4.03 g, 0.917 fine gold, .118 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 224, Russo-494, Gomes-25.02.

Source:

• ^[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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