CNG 100, Lot: 618. Estimate $2000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COLONIAL AFRICA, Portuguese. Mozambique. José I o Reformador (the Reformer). 1750-1777. AV 2000 Réis (19mm, 2.51 g, 12h). Lisboa (Lisbon) mint. Dated 1755. Crowned coat-of-arms / Voided cross within quatrefoil; lis at cusps, pellets in angles. Vaz MO.13; Gomez 06.01; KM 13; Friedberg 2. Good VF. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from John Rodriques, December 2000.