Brazil 1812 4000 reis
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This specimen was lot 12069 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $1,645. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRAZIL. 4,000 Reis, 1812. Rio De Janeiro Mint. NGC MS-64." This type is known from Bahia (1805-16) and Rio (1808-17) and is common. This type is the most common of the "moidores."
Recorded mintage: ___,000.
Specification: 8.07 g, 0.917 fine gold, .237 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-95; KM-235.2; LDMB-572; Gomes-34.18.
- 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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