Portugal 1891 100 reis

Stack's Bowers May 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 32666

This specimen was lot 32666 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2024), where it sold for $240. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. 100 Reis, 1891. Carlos I. NGC MS-64. A pleasingly original near-Gem with lightly glossy surfaces and wholesome autumnal toning." This type was struck 1890-98 and this date is fairly common. King Carlos ruled from 1889 until his assassination at the hands of an anarchist in 1908. His son Manuel II ruled for only two years before he was deposed and the Republic established.

Recorded mintage: 270,000.

Specification: 2.5 g, 0.917 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-531.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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