Interesting gold coin: 1864 20,000 Reis from Brazil

hetman · January 10, 2004 8:39PM

How rare is this coin, and what's it worth? Thanks for the info!

theboz11 · January 10, 2004 9:42PM

Rare F-300 Vf-500 Xf-700 Unc- 1000

That looks pretty Unc to me on the photo, but hard to be positive.

edited to add 19th Century 3rd edition Krause

wybrit · January 10, 2004 9:45PM

The 3rd edition of 19th century Krause quotes no mintage figure.

Boz beat me to the rest of the info.

SYRACUSIAN · January 10, 2004 10:48PM

I'm afraid that our Brazilian specialist , newsman, is on a well deserved holiday for the moment. Please check with us soon

1jester · January 11, 2004 1:50AM

I can't find this coin in my Friedberg (5th edition). I see a 20,000 Reis from 1849-51 (Fr. 119) but not the same portrait or reverse. Then Fr. 121 (bearded young head, which this coin appears to be) is only listed as minted in 1851 and 1852. Additionally, there's Fr. 121a (bearded older head) listed for the dates 1853-89.

This coin appears to be a young head but even as such the hair doesn't match exactly. What am I missing? Maybe my Friedberg is wrong or incomplete?

hetman · January 11, 2004 7:28AM

Thanks so much for the help, gentlemen! I really appreciate it. I still don't know if the coin is a fake or not, but it looks real.

Interesting gold coin: 1864 20,000 Reis from Brazil

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