Portugal 1799 400 reis KM-331

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Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 43270
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This specimen was lot 43270 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $1,560. The catalog description[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. 400 Reis, 1799. Lisbon Mint. Joao as Regent. PCGS MS-64. From the Stendebach Collection." This denomination was struck for both Maria I (KM 288) and her son João (KM-331, shown here) in 1799. The ones with the title of João were struck 1799-1801. João's mother, queen regnant Maria, began showing signs of insanity on the death of her husband and uncle Pedro in 1786. João became heir to the throne on the death of his brother José in 1788. When Maria was declared incurably insane in 1792, João reluctantly took over the government, not taking the formal title of Prince Regent until 1799.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 14.7 g, 0.917 fine silver, 36 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Gomes 22.11; KM-331, Dav-1633.

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.
  • [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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