CNG 96, Lot: 1067. Estimate $300. Sold for $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRAZIL, Colonial. temp. Maria I. Queen of Portugal, 1786-1816. AR 960 Reis (40mm, 26.94 g). Countermarked Coinage of Minas Gerais. Struck After the Transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil, 1808-1810. Crowned coat-of-arms and armillary sphere, each within dentilated incuse circle, struck on obverse and reverse of a Potosí 8 Reales of Carlos IV, dated [180]6-PJ (KM 111). KM 242. Host coin VF, countermark Good VF.