Brazil 1825-R 4000 reis

Eliasberg lot 1265

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The first specimen was lot 1265 in the Eliasberg sale, where it sold for $1,725. The catalog description^[1] noted, "1825 4,000 reis. Rio mint. MS-63 (NGC). Types as above. Bright and lustrous yellow gold with a pleasing portrait. A good type coin. From the John H. Clapp Collection; Clapp estate to Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., 1942." This type was struck at Rio 1823-27 and at Bahia 1825-28. The Rio product is scarce and the Bahia product is very rare.

Recorded mintage: 20,000.

Specification: 8.2 g, 0.917 fine gold, .241 troy oz AGW; the first specimen: 8.02 grams, 26.00 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 369.1, Fr-110.

Source:

• ^[1]Kraljevich, John, John Pack, Elizabeth O. Piper and Frank Van Valen, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., Collection of World Gold Coins and Medals, Wolfboro, NH: American Numismatic Rarities, 2005.
• 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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