Brazil 1821-B 640 reis

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Heritage sale 3020, lot 23265
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 23265 in Heritage sale 3020 (Long Beach, September 2012), where it sold for $1,880. The catalog description[1] noted, "João VI 640 Reis 1821B, MS62 NGC, very rare in mint state, possibly the finest extant. From The Santana Collection of 640 Reis." This type was struck 1818-22 at Rio (KM 325.2, common), 1820 at Bahia (KM 325.3, shown here) and 1818 at Minas Gerais (KM 325.1, very rare).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 19.32 g, 0.917 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 325.3.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Pimentel, Alvaro Mendes, Catálogo de Moedas Brasileiras de 1643 a 1962, 9a Ed., Rio de Janeiro, 1962.
  • [1]Tucker, Warren, and Cris Bierrenbach, Heritage Signature Auction 3020: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.

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