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Latest revision as of 10:18, 7 February 2024
This specimen was lot 71367 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $1,080. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRAZIL. 640 Reis, 1781. Lisbon Mint. Maria I and Pedro III. PCGS MS-62. By far the better of only two examples at PCGS, this Mint State example possesses tremendous eye appeal. The crisp details are complemented by fully lustrous fields. The surfaces are strikingly toned with speckled gray colors that give the piece added depth and visual interest. An exceptionally handsome example of this type. From the Pat Johnson Collection. Privately purchased from Louis Collins, 1969." This type was struck 1778-86 and this date comes in high crown and low crown varieties. The low crown is shown here.
Recorded mintage: 31,000.
Specification: 17.76 g, 0.917 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-207.1; Gomes-14.04.
- 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.
- Amato, Claudio, and Irlei S. Neves, Livro das Moedas do Brasil, 14a ed. Sao Paulo, 2015.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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