Brazil 1780-B 6400 reis

Heritage sale 3026, lot 23870

This specimen was lot 23870 in Heritage sale 3026 (Long Beach, October 2013), where it sold for $1,468.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Maria I & Pedro III gold 6400 Reis 1780-B, AU58 NGC. Lightly handled with thin wispy marks in the obverse fields. From The RLM Collection, Part II." This type was struck 1777-86 and is among the more available colonial gold coins of Brazil.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 14.34 g, 0.917 fine gold, .422 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 199.1, Russo-485, Gomes-29.03.

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.
• 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.

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