Portuguese Reis 6400 (Peca) 1804 Mint of Rio De Janeiro Malaysia and Malaysian States stamps with most now housed in

with most now housed in institutional collection

/Manchester circular date stamp for MR

Beautiful fresh colour and gum

Plate 15 Imprimaturs

Portuguese Reis 6400 (Peca) 1804 Mint of Rio De Janeiro Malaysia and Malaysian States stamps with most now housed inObv. Draped bust right with elaborate hair do, 'MARIA I D G PORT ET ALG REGINA'. Rev. Crowned Royal Arms in an elaborate ogee border. 32mm, 14. 35g. EF Extremely Fine, struck from rusty dies As well as being Portuguese, these gold coins were also used in the early Australian settlement of New South Wales due to the acute need of current coin. On the 19th of November 1800 a Government Proclamation was made in Sydney legalising certain foreign coins as