Portugal 1898 100 reis

Ponterio sale 169, lot 10627

This specimen was lot 10627 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $441. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. 100 Reis, 1898. NGC MS-67. Finest certified by NGC or PCGS. Highly lustrous and very attractive with beautiful multicolor toning. From the Demarete Collection." This is an unusually nice specimen of an otherwise common coin struck 1890-98.

Recorded mintage: 655,000.

Specification: 2.5 g, 0.917 fine silver, .073 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-531; Gomes-06.06.

Source:

• 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.
• Reis, Lina, Anuário de Numismática, Moedas e notas 2010, 31ª ediçao, Lisbon: Publinummis, Lda, 2009.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.

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