Portugal 1694 4000 reis
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This specimen was lot 1570 in Ponterio sale 182 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $4,288.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. 4,000 Reis, 1694. PCGS AU-55 Secure Holder. Pedro II (1683-1706)." This type was struck 1688-1706 and has a fairly low value in the SCWC but is seldom seen. Similar coins were struck in Brazil but bear mintmarks instead of rosettes next to the Maltese cross.
Recorded mintage: unknown but a better date.
Specification: 10.76 g, 0.917 fine gold, .317 troy oz AGW, 28 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Fr-76; KM-156; Gomes-99.07.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 182: The January 2014 NYINC Auction: World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stacks Bowers LLC.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Sáez Salgado, Javier, Moedas de Ouro de Portugal, 1185-1889, Lisbon, Numisma Leiloes, 2001.
- 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.
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