Portugal (1521-57)-RL tostao

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 43246

This specimen was lot 43246 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $504. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. Tostao, ND (1521-57)-LR. Lisbon Mint. Joao III. PCGS AU-53."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Gomes-114.11.

Source:

• 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 January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

Link to:

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• (1521-57) 20 réis (vintem)
• (1521-57) real
• Portugal (1521-57) 1/2 tostao = 50 réis
• Portugal (1521-57)-P tostao = 100 réis
• Portugal (1521-57)-LV tostao = 100 réis
• (1521-57)-LR tostão
• Portugal (1521-57) cruzado Fr-26
• Portugal (1521-57) 10 cruzados Fr-24
• Portugal (1555-57) tostao, João III
• Coins and currency dated 1521