Brazil 1815 4000 reis

Heritage sale 3020, lot 23260

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 23260 in Heritage sale 3020 (Long Beach, September 2012), where it sold for $822.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "João VI Prince Regent gold 4000 Reis 1815(R), AU55 NGC, nice original toning, appears to be the 5/4 overdate." This overdate is not listed in the SCWC; the type was struck 1808-17 at Rio and 1805-16 at Bahia and is common.

Recorded mintage: 83,000.

Specification: 8.07 g, 0.917 fine gold, .237 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 235.2.

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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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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