Portugal 1792 10 reis

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Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 1103

This specimen was lot 1103 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "PORTUGAL: Maria I, 1777-1799, AE 10 reis, 1792, a lovely coin with some spotting, AU58 BN, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." In the old, predecimal system, 20 réis = 1 vintém, 24 vinténs = 1 cruzado and 1600 réis = 1 escudo. Portuguese copper coins of the 1700's turn up occasionally but are generally in poor condition after several centuries of circulation. This type, struck in Lisbon 1791-92, is no exception.

Recorded mintage: 7,919,000.

Specification: 12.7 g, copper, 36 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-306.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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