Brazil, 20,000 Reis
Date1724 (with 1847 counterstamp)
Mint
Minas Gerais
MediumGold
DimensionsDiameter: 38 mm
Credit LineGift of the Lasser Family
Object number2000-145,7
DescriptionCoin, 20,000 Reis, Minas Gerais, John V. 1724 with Portugese counterstamp of 1847 raising value to 30,000 Reis.Label TextWorth 20,000 reis, this Brazilian gold coin contains more than an ounce and a half of pure gold. As the most valuable circulating coin during the period, one of these would have paid four months' salary of a journeyman artisan in Virginia right before the Revolutionary War.
This example received a Portuguese counterstamp in 1847, effectively raising its value by 50% to 30,000 reis.
ProvenanceJoseph R. Lasser Collection. Coin Galleries, 5/25/1995.
Exhibition(s)
May 6, 1776
May 10, 1775.
ca. 1750
1713
May 10, 1775.
May 10, 1775
May 10, 1775.
May 20, 1777
May 10, 1775.
May 20, 1777