Brazil 1793 2000 reis

Heritage sale 3026, lot 23880

This specimen was lot 23880 in Heritage sale 3026 (Long Beach, October 2013), where it sold for $2,350. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Maria I gold 2000 Reis 1793, Uncirculated Details - Surface Hairlines NGC. Fully struck and lightly muted after a delicate cleaning. 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: 1,500.

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

Catalog reference: KM 224, Russo-495, Gomes-25.03.

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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