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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:Angola 1815 2 macutas obv Heritage 3012-23273.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3012, lot 23273]]<br />
[[Image:Angola 1815 2 macutas rev Heritage 3012-23273.jpg|300px|thumb|image courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]]<br />
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This copper two macutas was issued in [[Brazil]] for [[Angola]]. The specimen was lot 23273 in Heritage sale 3012 (New York, January 2011), where it sold for $2,070. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "João VI Prince Regent 2 Macutas 1815, struck at the Rio de Janeiro Mint for circulation throughout Portuguese Africa. Very rare type without the shield countermark of 1837. AVF, lacquered with slightly porous surfaces and a few minor rim bumps, struck over an earlier coin." This type is scarce and this specimen sold for about eleven times its catalog value.<br />
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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but scarce.<br />
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''Specification:'' 35.2 g, copper, 45 mm diameter.<br />
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''Catalog reference:'' KM47 for [[Angola]], Gomes-04.01, Russo-470, <br />
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''<br />
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.<br />
* 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.<br />
* <sup>[1]</sup>Tucker, Warren, and Scott Cordry, ''Heritage Signature Auction 3012: World Coins,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.<br />
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''Link to:''<br />
* [[Angola 1815 1/2 macuta|1815 ½ macuta]]<br />
* [[Angola 1816 2 macutas|1816 2 macutas]]<br />
* [[Angola (1837) c/m 2 macutas|(1837) 2 macutas]]<br />
* [[Coins and currency dated 1815]]<br />
* return to coins of [[Angola]]<br />
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