Goa 1820 1/2 xerafim

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from the Stack's Bowers 2018 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71062
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This specimen was lot 71062 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $960. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. PORTUGUESE INDIA. Goa. 1/2 Xerafim, 1820. NGC MS-64. Single finest certified at NGC. Boldly struck with soft satin luster and a charming example of this crude issue." The SCWC does not show a photo f this type or the adjacent KM 235 so we take the auction cataloguer's attribution on faith. Half a xeraphim = 150 réis = 1/2 pardao (note: the silver xerafim did not equal the gold xerafim). This type was struck 1818-23.

Recorded mintage: 516,616.

Specification: silver, 2.67-2.71 g.

Catalog reference: KM-236; Gomes-12.03.

Source:

  • 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 and Chris Chatigny, The May 2018 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

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