The story behind the 1809 960 Reis Patterns of Brazil (as seen recently in Stacks)

960Coins

There is only one regular strike 1809 960 Reis in existence, but there are some patterns struck in lead, copper and silver. The ANA Stacks auction had a very nice example of one of these patterns (obverse seen below), and as Stacks auctions sometimes go, there was zero information on the coin. I've made a new post on blog.960coins.com giving the whole background story behind these. It's really quite a fascinating story with a lot of depth, intrigue and a little adventure, and touches on some important numismatic history. Hope you find it informative and enjoyable.

960 Reis Patterns

WillieBoyd2

Interesting article.

Some coins have quite a history behind them.

pruebas

Great article and coin! I hope you won it.

Thanks for posting this.

MichaelS

Thanks for the informative article!

-Mike

TwoKopeiki

Thank you for the article - i enjoyed it!

MrEureka

Interesting!

960Coins

Glad you liked it. I thought about titling it "The Trials and Adventures of Thomas White" instead. Seems fitting, poor guy.

Zohar

When will the website go live?

960Coins

<< <i>When will the website go live? >>


"Soon"? I'm shooting for September.

pruebas

I had been wanting one of these 1809 960R Brazilian patterns for a while and finally was able to buy a wholesome one last night.



As you can read on 960Coins' blog (sans photos for some reason), these were stuck at Soho to demonstrate the machinery before sending it off to Brazil.



Similar coining trials exist for Russia and Mexico in both bronze/copper and silver.