St. Thomas and Prince 1825 80 reis

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Heritage sale 61382, lot 25257
image courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 25257 in Heritage sale 61382 (Dallas, March 2024), where it sold for $312. The catalog description[1] noted, "St. Thomas & Prince Island: Portuguese Colony. João VI 80 Reis 1825 AU50 Brown PCGS, Lisbon mint. Circle with 65 beads variety. Two year type in a chocolate brown color." 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 along with a copper twenty and forty réis. It may be distinguished from Brazilian issues by the denomination in Arabic numbers rather than Roman (see Brazil). This type was also struck in 1819.

Recorded mintage: 14,000.

Specification: 15.34 g, copper, 35.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-F1, Gomes J6.06.03.

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.
  • [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2024 March 3 Spotlight: Brazil, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies World Coins Showcase Auction #61382, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auctions, 2024.

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