Brazil 1801-R 6400 reis

Heritage sale 3020, lot 23240

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 23240 in Heritage sale 3020 (Long Beach, September 2012), where it sold for $1,527.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Maria I gold 6400 Reis 1801R, MS62 NGC, bold details and very attractive, full mint brilliance." The type was struck in Brazil 1789-1805.

Recorded mintage: 185,000.

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

Catalog reference: KM 226.1, Fr-87.

Source:

• Amato, Claudio, and Irlei S. Neves, Livro das Moedas do Brasil, 14a ed. Sao Paulo, 2015.
• 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.
• 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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Pimentel, Alvaro Mendes, Catálogo de Moedas Brasileiras de 1643 a 1962, 9a Ed., Rio de Janeiro, 1962.
• ^[1]Tucker, Warren, and Cris Bierrenbach, Heritage Signature Auction 3020: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.

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