Goa 1819 tanga
This specimen was lot 73650 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $690. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. Portuguese India. Goa. Tanga, 1819. Goa Mint. Joao VI. NGC AU-53. This impressively well-preserved silver minor displays a strong portrait and clear legends, including the date, on its obverse. The surfaces are toned to a pleasing charcoal gray with darker patina in the protected areas." 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 the nineteenth century, Portuguese holdings were limited to Diu, Damao and Goa. Each had a mint which struck hammered coinage until the 1860's. This type was struck 1819 and 1823.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 1.1 g, 0.917 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-240; Gomes-29.01.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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