Brazil 1796-R 6400 reis

Heritage sale 3020, lot 23235

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 23235 in Heritage sale 3020 (Long Beach, September 2012), where it sold for $2,820. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Maria I gold 6400 Reis 1796R, MS63 NGC, a choice example with superb details and full mint brilliance. Scarce and desirable quality." The type was struck in Brazil 1789-1805.

Recorded mintage: 219,000.

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

Catalog reference: KM 226.1.

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]Tucker, Warren, and Cris Bierrenbach, Heritage Signature Auction 3020: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.

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• Brazil 1795-R 6400 reis
• 1796 10 réis
• 1796-B 6400 réis
• Brazil 1797-R 6400 reis
• Coins and currency dated 1796
• return to coins of Brazil