Goa 1748 60 reis
This specimen was lot 75182 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $720. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. Portuguese India. Goa. 60 Reis, 1748. Joao V. NGC VF-35. Portrait of king Joao V. of Portugal. A small Silver coin, seldom offered, since few have survived." This type, which was struck 1740-51, was accompanied by a rupia (KM 112), half pardao (KM 113) and pardao (KM 111). One rupia was 600 réis or ten tangas. The Portuguese were the first European power to make direct contact with India. They concentrated on trade but were not above piracy or political meddling if the opportunity arose. They conquered or dominated a good part of India in the sixteenth century but gradually had to yield to others, especially the British. By 1744, Portuguese holdings were limited to Diu, Damao and Goa. Each had a mint which struck hammered coinage until the 1860's.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.20 g, 0.917 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-119, Gomes-63.12.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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, The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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