Portugal 1720 1000 reis

Sedwick Treasure Auction 38, lot 390

This specimen was lot 390 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 38 (Winter Park, FL, November 2025), where it sold for $2,160. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PORTUGAL, Lisbon, gold 1000 reis, João V, 1720, NGC AU details / cleaned. Lustrous and choice, with no damage except for cleaning, rare as from this wreck. With original photo-certificate HOL/TH/69 from the salvors. Recovered from Hollandia, sunk in 1743 off the Isles of Scilly, southwest of England." 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. It was officially worth 1000 réis but traded for 1200 réis.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.69 g, 0.917 fine gold, 18 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Gomes-88.17; KM-182; Fr-98.

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.
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.
Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
Sáez Salgado, Javier, Moedas de Ouro de Portugal, 1185-1889, Lisbon, Numisma Leiloes, 2001.
^[1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Auction 38, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Jorge Ugaz Collection of Lima Silver Cob 2 Reales and the Darby Collection of Guatemala Silver Cobs, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2025.

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