Brazil 80 reis over circa 1820 large cent

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• trueblood Posts: 609 ✭✭✭✭

  September 25, 2020 7:37PM

  Now how is this even possible?

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• kiyote Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 25, 2020 7:41PM

  🐒📊

  "I'll split the atom! I am the fifth dimension! I am the eighth wonder of the world!" -Gef the talking mongoose.

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  September 25, 2020 7:51PM

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• Rexford Posts: 1,216 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 25, 2020 7:57PM

  There is a second known example of this overstrike that sold at Goldberg earlier this year, graded PCGS AU58BN.

  

  

  It was described as struck over an 1823 N-2 cent, but I believe it was struck over an 1818, which seems to match up better:

  

  

  Gobrecht's Engraved Mature Head Large Cent Model
  https://www.instagram.com/rexrarities/?hl=en

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  September 25, 2020 8:00PM

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• Rexford Posts: 1,216 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 25, 2020 8:04PM

  @btcollects said:
  I missed it - auction link?

  https://www.goldbergcoins.com/m/lot-details/index/catalog/70/lot/145989/

  Gobrecht's Engraved Mature Head Large Cent Model
  https://www.instagram.com/rexrarities/?hl=en

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• Jimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 25, 2020 11:02PM

  Nice!

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 26, 2020 5:22AM

  Something new here every day. The speculation story sounds feasible.... @Rexford ... Thanks for the overlays, they really help. Cheers, RickO

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• amwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 26, 2020 5:45AM

  During that era the majority of Brazil's coinage was overstruck on other country's coins.

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• JRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 26, 2020 6:56AM

  @amwldcoin said:
  During that era the majority of Brazil's coinage was overstruck on other country's coins.

  You would think in the long run that would be more expensive than punching out some planchets themselves.
  Boneheads.

  Some coins are just plain "Interesting"

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• TurtleCat Posts: 4,600 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 26, 2020 8:51AM

  @JRocco said:

  @amwldcoin said:
  During that era the majority of Brazil's coinage was overstruck on other country's coins.

  You would think in the long run that would be more expensive than punching out some planchets themselves.
  Boneheads.

  Not necessarily. Likely the raw materials would come from Europe at that time (as it did for the US). The transportation to the mint would be very expensive if not close to the port.

  TurtleCat Gold Dollars

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