Portugal 1766 6400 reis
This specimen was lot 1015 in Jean Elsen list 269 (Brussels, July-August 2014), where it was offered for €700 (about US$953). The catalog description[1] noted,
"PORTUGAL, José Ier (1750-1777), AV peça (6400 reis), 1766, Lisbonne. Droit: Tête laurée à droite. Revers: Armoiries couronnées. Léger défaut de flan sur la tranche et fines traces d'ajustage. Très Beau (Portugal, José I (1750-77), gold peça (6400 réis) of 1766, Lisbon mint. Obverse: laureate head to right; reverse: crowned arms. Light planchet defect near rim on obverse, faint adjustment marks, very fine.)"
This type was struck 1750-76 but is seldom seen compared to similar coins that were struck in Brazil.
Recorded mintage: 177,760.
Specification: 14.34 g, 0.917 fine gold, .423 troy oz AGW, this specimen 14,25 g.
Catalog reference: Gomes-53.17; Fr-101, KM 240.
- 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Liste 269: Juillet-Septembre 2014, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2014.
- 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.
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