Coins of the World

Brazil, Pernambuco, Geoktrooieerde Westindische Compagnie, 12 Guilders, 1646, Recife, a modern copy in gold struck on a square flan, gwc monogram, value above, stamped copia, 57 below, rev. anno brasil and date, stamped s paolo iv cent, 8.40g/6h (Bruce XM 11). As struck £200-250

Provenance: Ponterio & Associates Auction 118 (Long Beach), 23 February 2002, lot 143; E. Roehrs Collection.

No 57 of a limited edition of 105 pieces, struck during the Exposition Numismatica in 1954 and celebrating the 400th anniversary of San Paolo