Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1857. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRAZIL, Colonial. Juan VI, King of Portugal. 1816-1826. AR 960 Reis (26.77 g, 12h). Rio de Janeiro mint. Dated 1818. IOANNES • D • G • PORT • P • REGENS • ET • BRAS • D •, crowned coat-of-arms; 1818, 960 and three rosettes around / SUBQ. SIGN. NATA STAB., cross potent on armillary sphere; R on band. Leaved edge. Overstruck on Mexico City 8 reales, date 180-. Gomes 29.19; KM 307.3. Superb EF, lustrous multi-hued patina. ($200)