Brazil 1888 50 reis

Stack's Bowers 2023 ANA sale, lot 53874

This specimen was lot 53874 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $168. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BRAZIL. 50 Reis, 1888. Rio de Janeiro Mint. Pedro II. PCGS MS-63." This type was struck 1886-88 and this date is fairly common tho uncirculated specimens are scarce. It was intended to displace the copper forty réis struck twenty years before.

Recorded mintage: 153,000.

Specification: copper-nickel.

Catalog reference: KM-482.

Source:

• Amato, Claudio, and Irlei S. Neves, Livro das Moedas do Brasil, 14a ed. Sao Paulo, 2015.
• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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