Portugal D. Maria II 1000 Reis 1844

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t360 Pillar of the Community United States 2703 Posts	Posted 08/15/2023 5:38 pm This crown of Queen Maria II arrived yesterday. The portrait bears some resemblance to the young head portrait on the crown of her contemporary Queen Victoria. These are the seller's photos. Not sure what the mintage was for the 1844. Report this Post to the Staff

HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 25442 Posts	Posted 08/15/2023 7:07 pm Queen Maria II was a real beauty! Hopefully the 1000 reis will exceed your expectations, t360. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
t360 Pillar of the Community United States 2703 Posts	Posted 08/15/2023 7:31 pm Thanks @Hondo Boguss! I will be on the look out for the silver minors to go with this one now. Report this Post to the Staff
jecz79 Pillar of the Community Portugal 674 Posts	Posted 08/16/2023 8:01 pm You are seeing correctly on that english influence in the portrait. The die opener, Borja Freire, was sent to London in 1836 to learn with William Wyon, who had done William IV sovereigns, and would do the earlier Victoria portraits. The 1844 1000 reis mintage has been missing in the catalogs I have. My copy of AG has a note unique for 1842 but also a mintage of 1515. Which does not make sense. Perhaps that number is the mintage for the next year they were struck, 1844. Mintage may have been low because latter a smaller and more convenient to carry 1000 reis coin in gold was done. Report this Post to the Staff
jecz79 Pillar of the Community Portugal 674 Posts	Posted 08/16/2023 8:06 pm Beware there are Chinese or so I heard fakes of many portuguese nineteenth century silver coins. Well struck ones, someone created new dies. I do not know if this type has fakes or have a coin of the type to compare to the photo. It is a general warning. Report this Post to the Staff
hfjacinto Pillar of the Community United States 7292 Posts	Posted 08/16/2023 9:19 pm She was also featured on the 1000 Escudos. She was 13 at the time the portrait for the note was taken. My Slabbed Dansco 7070 with Gold Page My Slabbed IHC Set My Slabbed 20th Century Type Set Report this Post to the Staff
t360 Pillar of the Community United States 2703 Posts	Posted 08/17/2023 08:23 am @jecz79 Thank you for the background on Borja Freire! I'll see if I can find a Chinese fake for comparison and study. @hfjacinto Beautiful note and portrait of the Queen. I know you are passionate collector of Portuguese coins. Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36839 Posts	Posted 11/06/2023 8:28 pm Nice coin but the photos are too bright to see the surfaces. Report this Post to the Staff
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