Brazil 1763-R 6400 reis

Heritage sale 3026, lot 23822

This specimen was lot 23822 in Heritage sale 3026 (Long Beach, October 2013), where it sold for $881.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Jose I gold 6400 Reis 1763/2-R, AU50 NGC. An attractive circulated example and more than sufficient as a type representative. From The RLM Collection, Part II." This type was struck 1751-77 and is among the more available colonial gold coins of Brazil.

Recorded mintage: 418,000.

Specification: 14.34 g, .917 fine gold, .422 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 172.2, Russo-431, Gomes-55.15.

Source:

• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and Scott Cordry, Heritage Signature Auction 3026, World & Ancient Coins, featuring the RLM Collection, Part Two, the Nogales Collection and the Goetz Medals Die Archive, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 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.
• Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.
• Pimentel, Alvaro Mendes, Catálogo de Moedas Brasileiras de 1643 a 1962, 9a Ed., Rio de Janeiro, 1962.

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