Portugal 1762 400 reis

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Stack's Bowers 2025 ANA sale, lot 47390
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This specimen was lot 47390 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $105. The catalog description[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. 400 Reis, 1762. Lisbon Mint. Jose I. PCGS Genuine--Graffiti, VF Details. JOSEPHUS." This type was struck 1762-63, 1766-68 and 1774-75 and this is a better date. The king's name also comes spelled "IOSEPHUS" (KM 255.1). The gold 400 réis was called a pinto and traded for 480 réis. The silver 400 réis was called a cruzado novo. Altho this type has a Davenport number, it's too small to be called a crown.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 14.7 g, 0.917 fine silver, 36 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-255.2; Gomes-Jo.34.01; Dav-1630.

Sources:

  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • 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.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2025 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Richard August Collection and the Richard Margolis Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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