CNG 84, Lot: 1709. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRAZIL, Regional Coinage. Rio das Mortes. Counterfeit AV Ingot (62mm, 36.37 g, 12h). Dated 1814. Ingot marked with foundry marks and validation and control stamps and punches. Crowned united coat-of-arms of Portugal and Spain over armillary sphere with R DAS MORT above; all in milled circular incuse; to right, N 2431 (bar registration number) and 1814 (date) in ogee incuse frame above [T]OQUE (fineness) and 23 (carat), each in square incuse, 1-2-56 (weight: 1 onça, 2 oitavas, 56 grãos), and script VC[R] (assayer’s stamp) in incuse / Armillary sphere within milled circular incuse. Prober Indice de barras falsificadas [Index of Falsified Bars] 1814-R-2431 (581). EF, adjustment marks on edge made prior to application of punches. LOT SOLD AS IS. NO RETURNS.

Ex Palace Collections of Egypt (King Farouk - Sotheby’s, 24 February 1954), lot 23.