Diu 1859 300 reis

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Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 42174
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Western India in 1942, including Diu

This specimen was lot 42174 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $960. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. Portuguese India. Diu. Pardao (300 Reis), 1859. Diu Mint. Pedro V. NGC AU-55." This one year type is fairly rare, especially in the condition shown here. In 1871, a new series of milled coinage, struck by the British for the Portuguese, was introduced and the old hammered coinage retired.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.84-5.95 g, 0.917 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-61; Gomes-08.01.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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