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Gold/Mining/Energy : Gold Price Monitor
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To: IngotWeTrust who wrote (23358)11/24/1998 2:08:00 PM
From: Alex  Read Replies (2) of 116752
 
11/24/98 - Three thousand pieces of gold from Portugal and Brazil on sale

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LISBON, Nov 24 (AFP) - Three thousand pieces of gold from Portugal and Brazil, some dating back to the Sixth Century are to go on sale in December, the organisers of the sale announced Tuesday.

The collection includes a coin from the Visigoth period (585 AD) which has a reserve price of 14,000 dollars. Other coins for sale is one dating from 1818, the reign of Joao VI, which has a reserve price of 86, 000 dollars.

Javier Salgado, an official with the company selling the coins, said the collection represented "a testimony to the evolution of Portuguese currency since the beginning of the nation up to the 19th Century."

Most of the coins are from private collections and include examples that are very rare.
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