Brazil 1875 40 reis

from the Stack's Bowers 2019 ANA sale, lot 22311

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The first specimen was lot 22311 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), where it sold for $120. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BRAZIL. 40 Reis, 1875. Pedro II. NGC MS-64 Brown. Good strike with traces of mint red." In 1868 the silver coinage of Brazil was redesigned to adopt the portrait of the emperor Pedro II, who already appeared on the gold coinage. For the first time since 1835, copper coins were issued in the denominations of ten and twenty réis. These denominations were terminated in 1870 and the forty réis commenced in 1873.

Recorded mintage: 1,208,000.

Specification: 12.08 g, bronze, 20.13 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-479.

Source:

• 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.
• Amato, Claudio, and Irlei S. Neves, Livro das Moedas do Brasil, 14a ed. Sao Paulo, 2015.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

Link to:

• 1869 10 réis
• 1869 20 réis
• 1873 40 réis
• 1875 2,000 réis
• 1875 10,000 réis
• 1880 40 réis
• Coins and currency dated 1875