Portugal 1880 10000 reis
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This specimen was lot 3156 in Sincona sale 20 (Zürich, October 2014), where it sold for CHF 1,200 (about US$1,504 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "10000 Reis 1880. Lissabon. Vorzüglich-FDC. (extremely fine to uncirculated.)" This type was struck in Lisbon 1878-89 and is one of the more common of Portuguese gold coins. Gold 2000 and 5000 réis bearing this portrait also exist along with a series of silver issues.
Recorded mintage: 29,600.
Specification: 17.73 g, 0.917 fine gold, .522 troy oz AGW, this specimen 17.76 g.
Catalog reference: Gomes-17.05, Fr-152; KM 520.
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- 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.
- Reis, Lina, Anuário de Numismática, Moedas e notas 2010, 31ª ediçao, Lisbon: Publinummis, Lda, 2009.
- 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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