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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GeorgeM, post: 1545409, member: 28550&quot;]I picked up a high grade example of this coin today and am a bit confused by the mintage numbers in Krause. For more than half of the series (1860-1866), there is simply a mintage of 387,000 followed by &#039;included above&#039; over and over again. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, were the mint records that spotty? Was there a silver order filled in 1860, and no other bullion purchased until later? </p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and here&#039;s something oddball I found with a coin similar to mine (if you can ignore the solder butchery that was done to it):</p><p><a href="http://antiques.malleries.com/1000-reis-pedro-ii-1863-silver-brazilian-royal-crest-crown-open-work-tip-tray-zitrin-brazil-900-silver-i-29552-s-129.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://antiques.malleries.com/1000-reis-pedro-ii-1863-silver-brazilian-royal-crest-crown-open-work-tip-tray-zitrin-brazil-900-silver-i-29552-s-129.html" rel="nofollow">http://antiques.malleries.com/1000-reis-pedro-ii-1863-silver-brazilian-royal-crest-crown-open-work-tip-tray-zitrin-brazil-900-silver-i-29552-s-129.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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