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Brazil (Bahia mint), 1600 reis, Jose I, 1768-B, encapsulated NGC AU 58, finest known graded by NGC,

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Brazil (Bahia mint), 1600 reis, Jose I, 1768-B, encapsulated NGC AU 58, finest known graded by NGC,
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Brazil (Bahia mint), 1600 reis, Jose I, 1768-B, encapsulated NGC AU 58, finest known graded by NGC, extremely rare. R-O362; KM-181.1. Bold and lustrous, the broad flan extending beyond the rims, quite conservatively graded in our opinion, as its flashy appearance and pristine surfaces seem to have been played down without other examples for reference, the only other one known to us being AU 50 and visibly much lower in quality. In any case the present coin is the finest known by far. Any date of this mint in this denomination is extremely rare, in any grade, with usually only one or a few known for each date, in comparison with the far more common Rio-mint production of the same denomination in a narrower date range but in larger quantities. Pedigreed to the New England Collection.