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LOT 4179
Brazil. José I AE 40 Reis Countermarked on 20 Reis. Dated 1776, (countermarked 1809). Rio de Janeiro mint.
JOSEPHUS • I • D • G • P • ET • BRASIL • REX around crowned XX (denomination), date below; c/m: shield / PECUNIA • TOTUM CIRCUMIT • ORBEM around globe. KM 280. Good Fine.(15.03gr, 36mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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