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. In 1816, Maria finally died and João assumed the throne as king.

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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