Portugal 1823 6400 reis
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This specimen was lot 25317 in Heritage sale 3019 (Chicago, April 2012), where it sold for $1,725. The catalog description[1] noted, "João VI gold Peca (6400 Reis) 1823, MS62 NGC, appealing old-time patina with lustrous surfaces." This type was struck 1818-24 but only the last three dates are at all available to collectors. Many varieties exist in the wreath on the reverse. The king returned to Portugal from Brazil in 1818 and in 1822 Brazil declared independence with his son Pedro as emperor.
Recorded mintage: 27,000.
Specification: 14.34 g, 0.917 fine gold, .422 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM 364, Gomes-18.12 thru 18.20.
- 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]Tucker, Warren, and Cristiano Bierrenbach, World and Ancient Coins sale 3019, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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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