St. Thomas and Prince 1821 40 reis
The first specimen was lot 23574 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $115. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAINT THOMAS & PRINCE. 40 Reis, 1821. Bahia Mint. Joao VI. NGC AU-55 Brown. Immensely pleasing with reddish-brown surfaces, this charming specimen exhibits only a light degree of handling. Accordingly, just one has been graded finer by NGC." The colony, originally a slave trading station, later turned to sugar production and finally cacao. The Portuguese withdrew in 1975. This rather scarce issue was made in Lisbon and Bahia along with a copper twenty and eighty réis. It may be distinguished from Brazilian issues by the denomination in Arabic numbers rather than Roman (see Brazil).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.42 g, copper, 29.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-E1.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2020 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.
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