Portugal 1772 6400 reis
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This specimen was lot 3689 in Sincona sale 43 (Zürich, October 2017), where it sold for 550 CHF (about US$656 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"PORTUGAL, Jose I. 1750-1777 Peca 1772. Lissabon. Gutes sehr schön. Kleine Schrötlingsfehler. (kingdom of Portugal, Joseph I, 1750-77, peça of 1772, Lisbon mint. Good very fine, Minor planchet defects.)"
This type was struck 1750-76 but is seldom seen compared to similar coins that were struck in Brazil.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.34 g, 0.917 fine gold, .423 troy oz AGW, this specimen 14.22 g.
Catalog reference: Gomes 41.16, 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]Richter, Jürg, Sincona sale 43, Gold and Silver Coins and Medals, Zürich: Sincona AG, 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.
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