Portugal (1688)-P 20 reis

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Ponterio sale 169, lot 10623
Portugal c1688 20 reis rev Ponterio 169-10623.jpg

This specimen was lot 10623 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $499. The catalog description[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. 20 Reis, ND (ca. 1688)-P. NGC MS-65. Pedro II (1683-1706). "P's" between arms of cross. Dark toned. From the Demarete Collection." This one-year(?) type lacks a date but has "P's" for the Porto mint. This is the only issue of this denomination in the seventeenth century. Later types from the eighteenth century were copper.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.9 g, 0.917 fine silver, 16 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-133; Gomes-19.04.

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]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.

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