Portugal 1885 20 reis

Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 1121

This specimen was lot 1121 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $288. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PORTUGAL: Luis I, 1861-1889, AE 20 reis, 1885, a wonderful example, PCGS graded MS64 RB." This type was struck 1882-86 and is common in lightly circulated condtion. It is the first type struck to the reduced weight. This example realized over six times the catalog value.

Recorded mintage: 18,493,000.

Specification: 12 g, copper, 30 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-527.

Source:

• 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.
• Reis, Lina, Anuário de Numismática, Moedas e notas 2010, 31ª ediçao, Lisbon: Publinummis, Lda, 2009.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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