Portugal 1723 1600 reis

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 43253

the same specimen, now in the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was lot 43253 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $600. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. Escudo, 1723. Lisbon Mint. Joao V. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details." This type is catalogued in the SCWC as a one escudo even tho it is about 6% heavier than a Spanish escudo. It was struck in Lisbon 1723-31 and scarcer than catalog values indicate.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.57 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-90; KM-219.1; Gomes-117.01.

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.
• 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.
• Sáez Salgado, Javier, Moedas de Ouro de Portugal, 1185-1889, Lisbon, Numisma Leiloes, 2001.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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• 1722-L 800 réis = ½ escudo
• 1722 1000 réis = quartinho
• 1722 4000 réis = moidore
• 1722-L 1600 réis = 1 escudo
• 1722 6,400 réis = 1 peça
• 1723 400 réis = cruzado novo
• 1723 6,400 réis = 1 peça
• 1724 1600 réis = 1 escudo
• 1724 12,800 réis = dobra
• Coins and currency dated 1723