Portugal (1656-67) 20 reis

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Stack's Bowers February 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74460
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This specimen was lot 74460 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. Vintem (20 Reis), ND (1656-67). Afonso VI. PCGS EF-40. This small silver piece displays surfaces toned to an understated blue-gray. The details are well-formed and free from any distractions aside from a tiny edge split." This tiny silver coin comes from before Portugal switched to milled coinage. In the eighteenth century, the vintem was struck in copper.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.917 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-68; Gomes-11.01.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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