Brazil 1801-B 6400 reis

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Ponterio sale 177, lot 12064
photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 12064 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $2,350. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRAZIL. 6,400 Reis (Peca), 1801-B. NGC MS-63. Maria I (1786-1805). Mintage of only 12,037 pieces." This type was struck 1789-1805 and is among the more available colonial gold coins of Brazil.

Recorded mintage: 12,037.

Specification: 14.34 g, 0.917 fine gold, .423 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-88; KM-226.2; LDMB-519; Gomes-32.09.

Source:

  • Pimentel, Alvaro Mendes, Catálogo de Moedas Brasileiras de 1643 a 1962, 9a Ed., Rio de Janeiro, 1962.
  • 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.
  • 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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 177: The August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.

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