Damao 1843 15 reis
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This specimen was lot 43294 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2019), where it sold for $312. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. Portuguese India. Damao. 15 Reis, 1843. PCGS EF-40 Gold Shield. Bold strike and exceptional for this normally well worn issue. Nice even brown surfaces with quite good eye appeal. Ex: Album 23, September 2015, lot 2025." This type was accompanied by KM 23 (30 réis struck 1840, 1845) and KM 24 (60 réis struck 1840). The Damao mint closed in 1854. In 1871, the Portuguese closed their mints in India and milled coinage from the British mints was introduced.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: KM-25.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Alberto Gomes and Francisco Antonio Magro, Moedas Portuguesas e do Território Que Hoje é Portugal: Catálogo das Moedas Cunhadas para o Continentes e Ilhas Adjacentes, para os Territórios do Ultramar e Grão-Mestres Portugueses da Ordem de Malta, 6ª Edição, Lisbon: Associação Numismática de Portugal, 2013.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, Matt Orsini and Cris Chatigny, The January 2019 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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