Portugal 1863 200 reis

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Stephen Album sale 47, lot 1372

This specimen was lot 1372 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $1680. The catalog description[1] noted, "PORTUGAL: Luiz I, 1861-1889, AR 200 reis, 1863, better date of the two-year type, lightly toned, Choice EF, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." This type was struck 1862-63 and is scarcer than the SCWC indicates. This specimen realized thirteen times the catalog value.

Recorded mintage: 421,000.

Specification: 5 g, 0.917 fine silver, 17 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-507.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Reis, Lina, Anuário de Numismática, Moedas e notas 2010, 31ª ediçao, Lisbon: Publinummis, Lda, 2009.
  • 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.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.

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