João V gold 12800 Reis (Dobra) 1733-M AU55 NGC, Minas Gerais mint, KM139, LMB-289a, Guimaraes-1733-3a. Fleur-de-Lis edge. A soundly-struck piece with a needle-point bust and blushes of luster across the legends. Though Guimaraes notes that all 1733 pieces analyzed for his book were fleur-de-lis over diagonal edge, which led him to affirm the issue must have already been struck by the time the November 29th 1732 law was enforced, it has no signs of re-milled edges, with the fleur-de-lis apparently being the only edge-pattern this coin ever had. An captivating and attractive study piece. From the Petropolis Collection, Part I

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