Portugal 1815 400 reis
This type was struck 1802-16 during the reign of prince regent João (1799-1816). He ruled in the stead of his mother, Maria I (1778-1816), who went insane after the death of her husband in 1786. This coin is the closest thing to a crown issued by Portugal during this period. The 400 réis or pinto was struck until 1837, when Portuguese currency was reformed and decimalized. This coin was struck without interruption through the Peninsular War, when Napoleon's forces invaded and occupied Portugal while the prince and his court fled to Brazil. This specimen was lot 1368 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it sold for $282. The catalog description[1] noted, "PORTUGAL: João, as regent, 1792-1816, AR 400 reis, 1815, lustrous lovely example! NGC graded MS64+."
Recorded mintage: 5,097,250.
Specification: 14.7 g, 0.917 fine silver, 35 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 331, Dav-260.
- 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, 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, Auction 32, featuring the Don Erickson Collection of German Coins, Part II and the Hazerfans Collection of Ottoman Empire Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.
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