Portugal 1725 6400 reis
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This specimen was lot 802 in Áureo y Calicó sale 345 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"1725. Portugal. Juan V. (Lisboa). 4 escudos. AU. Rara. MBC. (kingdom of Portugal, John V, four escudos of 1725. Rare, very fine."
This type was the 6400 réis or "joe" struck in large quantities in Portugal and Brazil in the eighteenth century. The early dates (1723-32) are priced about double the later dates (1735-50).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.34 g, 0.917 fine gold, .421 troy oz AGW, this specimen 13,62 g.
Catalog reference: KM 221, Fr-86, Gomes 127.03.
- 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.
- 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.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 345: Colección Manuela Etcheverría, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.
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- 1723 6,400 réis = 1 peça
- 1725 800 réis = ½ escudo
- 1725 1600 réis = 1 escudo
- 1725 3200 réis = ½ peça
- 1725 12,800 réis = dobra
- 1730 6,400 réis = 1 peça
- Coins and currency dated 1725