Goa 1780 1/2 pardao

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Stack's Bowers 2023 ANA sale, lot 56435
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This specimen was lot 56435 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. Portuguese India. Goa. 1/2 Pardao (150 Reis), 1780. Goa Mint. Jose I. PCGS VF-30." By 1780, Portuguese holdings in India were limited to Diu, Damao and Goa. Each had a mint which struck hammered coinage until the 1860's. The half pardao was one quarter rupia. This type was struck 1777 and 1780 but is not common. The coins are so crude that collectible specimens are few.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.80-2.95 g, 0.917 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-181.

Source:

  • 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, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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