Brazil 1778-R 6400 reis

Heritage sale 397, lot 12380

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 12380 in Heritage sale 397 (New York, January 2006), where it sold for $805. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Jose I gold 6400 Reis 1778R, AU58 PCGS, tiny planchet lamination in the right obverse field. This date is not listed in the SCWC or in Russo, and would be a posthumous striking by one year since Jose died in 1777. Very unusual and certainly of interest to Brazilian experts." The listed dates comprise 1751-77 for the Rio mint.

Recorded mintage: 378,000 (for the Maria and Pedro III type).

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

Catalog reference: KM 172.2.

Source:

• ^[1]Tucker, Warren, and Scott Cordry, Heritage Signature Auction 397: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2005.
• 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.

Link to:

• 1768-B 1600 réis
• 1776-R 6400 réis
• Portugal 1778 6400 reis
• 1778 X réis
• 1778 320 réis
• 1778 2000 réis
• 1778 4000 réis
• 1778-B 6400 réis
• 1779-R 6400 réis
• 1781-B 3200 réis
• Coins and currency dated 1778
• return to coins of Brazil