View source for Timor (1900) pataca

[[Image:Timor SB118-21406o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale, lot 21406]]
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This specimen was lot 21406 in Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $1,020. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"TIMOR. Pataca, ND (Decree of 13 June 1900). PCGS Genuine--Scratch, AU Details Secure Holder. VERY RARE and seldom offered. Cross of Christ countermark on a [[Mexico 1894-Ga JS 8 reales|1894-GaJS 8 Reales]] of Mexico. The Cross of Christ is the insignia of the Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ established in Portugal in the fourteenth century and symbol of Portuguese discoveries overseas. Due to a large influx of counterfeit coins entering the colony the local government was forced to take steps to fight against them by applying the Cross of Christ to all accepted genuine pieces. This mark is only known on Mexican 'Cap & Ray' 8 Reales. The Details designation is the result from light old scratches under the eagle's right wing from long ago now toned. Attractive mottled old tone. Countermark deeply impress[ed] and clear. Countermark AU Details, host coin AU. The last Timor countermarked 8 Reales to appear in our sales was a Chihuahua issue we sold in 2014 (October Baltimore sale, lot 1538 where i[t] hammered down at $3,250)."</blockquote>

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-8 (for basic type); Gomes-01.07 (for date only); Vaz-TI.04(for date only). 

''[[Bibliography|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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, ''The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins,'' Santa Ana, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2017. 

''Link to:''
* [[Mexico 1894-Ga JS 8 reales]]
* [[Timor 1951 50 avos]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1900]]
* return to coins of [[Indonesia, Timor]]

[[Category:Coins of the Portuguese colonies]][[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale]]