Brazil 1775-B 6400 reis

Heritage sale 3073, lot 32458

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 32458 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $1,050. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Jose I gold 6400 Reis 1775-B AU58 NGC, Bahia mint. Quite bold in the legends, with scattered hints of luster and a notable degree of reflectivity on the reverse. Selections from the Grand Castello Collection." The type was struck in Rio KM 172.2) and Bahia 1751-77. The Bahia mint issues are generally scarcer than the Rio issues.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 14.34 g, 0.917 fine gold, .423 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 172.1, LMB-405.

Source:

• Amato, Claudio, Irlei S. Neves and Arnaldo Russo, Livro das Moedas do Brasil, 12a ed. Sao Paulo, 2008.
• 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.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Pimentel, Alvaro Mendes, Catálogo de Moedas Brasileiras de 1643 a 1962, 9a Ed., Rio de Janeiro, 1962.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3073, featuring the Lake County Collection of British coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.

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