Portugal 1642 40 reis

Stack's Bowers February 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74456

This specimen was lot 74456 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. 1/2 Tostao (50 Reis), 1642. Lisbon Mint. Joao IV. PCGS Genuine--Environmental Damage, EF Details. Darkly toned and exhibiting a small flan flaw on the obverse, but otherwise a nicely detailed and pleasing dated issue." This type was struck 1641-42 in the first years after Portugal regained her independence from Spain in 1640. This denomination was struck in silver until 1811, when the copper pataco was introduced.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.917 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-37; Gomes-38.04.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• 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, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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• Portugal (1640-56)-P 400 reis = cruzado
• Portugal (1642) 400 reis Lisbon mint
• (1643) tostao = 80 réis
• Portugal (1656-67) tostao = 80 réis
• Coins and currency dated 1642