Brazil 1883 10000 reis

Ponterio sale 177, lot 12077

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This date, one of a series struck 1853-89, is among the moderately priced gold coins of the Empire of Brazil. This specimen was lot 12077 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $1,762. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BRAZIL. 10,000 Reis, 1883. NGC MS-65. Mintage of only 10,024 pieces. Sharply struck and frosty."

Recorded mintage: 10,024.

Specification: 8.96 g, 0.917 fine gold, .264 troy oz.

Catalog reference: Fr-122; KM-467; LDMB-666.

Source:

• 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.
• 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.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 177: The August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.

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