Brazil 1814 4000 reis

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck 1808-17 at Rio and Bahia. It is the most common "moidore" of the nineteenth century. An overdate, 1814/3, is recorded for the year.

Recorded mintage: 102,000.

Specification: 8.07 g, 0.917 fine gold, .237 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-95, KM 235.2.

Source:

• 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.
• Pimentel, Alvaro Mendes, Catálogo de Moedas Brasileiras de 1643 a 1962, 9a Ed., Rio de Janeiro, 1962.

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