Brazil 1995 2 reais
This specimen was lot 3354 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $204. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRAZIL: Republic, AR 2 reais, 1995, Ayrton Senna - Race Driver, small toning spot on reverse rim, mintage of only 10,000 pieces, Choice Proof, S." The reform of 1994 finally stuck after twenty years of hyperinflation. Wikipedia comments,
"Ayrton Senna da Silva (Brazilian Portuguese: [aˈiʁtõ ˈsẽnɐ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ]; 1960-1994) was a Brazilian racing driver who won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1988, 1990, and 1991. One of three Formula One drivers from Brazil to become World Champion, Senna won 41 Grands Prix. He died as a result of an accident while leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix."
Recorded mintage: 10,000 proofs.
Specification: 27 g, 0.925 fine silver, 40 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-643.
- 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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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