Goa 1831 pardao

Stack's Bowers February 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73651

This specimen was lot 73651 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDIA. Portuguese India. Goa. Pardau (300 Reis), 1831. Goa Mint. Miguel I. NGC VF-30. Small sphere variety. Attractive deep gray patina. While the reverse is somewhat weak, the obverse shows bold full details. A charming and wholesome example of this SCARCELY encountered type." 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 1831 and 1833.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.84-5.95 g, 0.917 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-256; Gomes-4.01.

Source:

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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