Portugal 1663 200 reis
This specimen was lot 74458 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $264. The catalog description[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. 1/2 Cruzado (200 Reis), 1663. Lisbon Mint. Afonso VI. NGC EF Details--Reverse Scratched. A deeply toned 1/2 Cruzado with strong details and glints of underlying luster. Some tooling scratches as noted inside the reverse cross, but do not affect the rest of the coin's attractive surfaces." This type was struck by the hammer 1663-66. The year 1663 also saw many 200 réis of João IV counterstamped to raise them to 250 réis; we don't know if this issue was also counterstamped.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.47 g, 0.917 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-82; Gomes-28.06.
- 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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