Portugal 1818 3200 reis
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This specimen was lot 12465 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $1,821. The catalog description[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. 3,200 Reis (1/2 Peca), 1818. NGC AU-58. VERY RARE. Mintage of only 100 pieces." This type was issued in small numbers 1818-23; the 1822 is the most common date. The last half peça was struck in 1831 during the usurpation of Miguel I; decimal coinage was introduced in 1837.
Recorded mintage: 100.
Specification: 7.15 g, .917 gold, .210 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-129; KM-363; Gomes-17.02.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 177: The August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.
- 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.
- 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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