Brazil 1820-R 80 reis
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
This specimen was lot 34056 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2024), where it sold for $432. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRAZIL. 80 Reis, 1820-R. Rio de Janeiro Mint. Joao VI. NGC AU-53 Brown. A pleasing walnut-brown example that exhibits very little in the way of wear." This example lacks a visible mintmark. The SCWC notes that this issue was "Minted for Goias and Mato Grosso." The Bahia mint issue (KM 342.1) was intended for general circulation.
Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: KM-341.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
Link to: