Portugal 1792 6400 reis

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Ponterio sale 177, lot 12459
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This specimen was lot 12459 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $4,112. The catalog description[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. 4 Escudos, 1792. PCGS MS-65. Maria I (1786-99). Highest graded by PCGS." This type was struck 1789-99 but is seldom seen compared to similar coins that were struck in Brazil (Fr-87).

Recorded mintage: 46,930.

Specification: 14.34 g, 0.917 fine gold, 32 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Fr-116; KM-299, Gomes-30.03.

Source:

  • 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]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 177: The August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.
  • 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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