Portugal 1717 1000 reis

from the Stack's Bowers June 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73043

This type was struck 1707-22, 1733, 1736-41, 1745-47 at Lisbon. With a forty year production run, one would suppose this coin to be common, and it is priced low in the SCWC, but it is in fact seldom seen. There is a very similar issue from Brazil (Bahia and Minas Gerais), equally scarce. This specimen was lot 73043 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $660. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. 1000 Reis, 1717. Lisbon Mint. Joao V. NGC EF-45. A wholesome and fairly SCARCE example with mostly soft yellow color throughout. Some orange toning can be seen in areas."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.69 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-98; KM-182.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• 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, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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• 1716 1000 réis = quartinho
• 1718 400 réis = cruzado novo
• 1720 1000 réis = quartinho
• Coins and currency dated 1717