Two Published Counterfeit Brazilian Gold Ingots

CNG 84, Lot: 1708. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRAZIL, Regional Coinage. Sabará. Counterfeit AV Ingot (63mm, 36.37 g, 12h). Dated 1811. Ingot marked with foundry marks and validation and control stamps and punches. Crowned coat-of-arms of Portugal within wreath; traces of 960 in exergue; all in milled circular incuse; to right, N 898 (bar registration number) 1811 (date) in ogee incuse frame and script PP (assayer’s stamp) in incuse above [T]OQUE (fineness) and 23 (carat), each in square incuse, 1-0-35 (weight: 1 onça, 0 oitavas, 35 grãos), / Armillary sphere within milled circular incuse. Prober Indice de barras falsificadas [Index of Falsified Bars] 1811-S-898 (525). EF. LOT SOLD AS IS. NO RETURNS.

Ex Palace Collections of Egypt (King Farouk - Sotheby’s, 24 February 1954), lot 17.