Goa (1826-34) tanga
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This specimen was lot 56447 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $80. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. Portuguese India. Goa. Tanga, ND (1826-34). Goa Mint. PCGS FINE-15." By 1826, Portuguese holdings in India were limited to Diu, Damao and Goa. Each had a mint which struck hammered coinage until the 1860's. The tanga, formerly a silver coin, had by the reign of Miguel I become a copper coin worth 1/16 rupia instead of 1/10 rupia. After 1870, the British controlled mints of Bombay and Calcutta provided modern milled coinage.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: KM-251.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Alberto Gomes and Francisco Antonio Magro, Moedas Portuguesas e do Território Que Hoje é Portugal: Catálogo das Moedas Cunhadas para o Continentes e Ilhas Adjacentes, para os Territórios do Ultramar e Grão-Mestres Portugueses da Ordem de Malta, 6ª Edição, Lisbon: Associação Numismática de Portugal, 2013.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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- Goa (1828-34) 1/2 tanga = 30 réis
- 1828 rupia
- 1831 pardao = 300 réis
- Goa 1834 3 reis KM-Pn1 pattern
- Coins and currency dated 1826