Portugal 1787 800 reis
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This specimen was lot 23466 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $900. The catalog description[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. 1/2 Escudo (800 Reis), 1787. Lisbon Mint. Maria I. NGC EF-45. This charming minor in gold--seemingly a one-year type--offers an expressive portrait of the widowed queen. Lightly circulated, it remains wholesome and pleasingly without issue." This denomination is often catalogued as a half escudo but was actually an 800 réis. This type was struck 1787 only.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.79 g, 0.917 fine gold, .052 troy oz AGW, 16 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Fr-115; KM-293.
- 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.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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- 1780 800 réis = ½ escudo
- 1786 6,400 réis = 1 peça
- 1787 400 réis = 1 cruzado novo
- 1787 6,400 réis = 1 peça
- 1789 800 réis = ½ escudo
- Coins and currency dated 1787