Goa 1834 3 reis KM-Pn1

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 23299

This specimen was lot 23299 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $1,800. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDIA. Portuguese India. Goa. Copper 3 Reis Pattern, 1834. Goa Mint. Maria II. NGC MS-62 Brown. A VERY RARE pattern issue in a nearly-Choice state of preservation, the present example yields a wondrous, well-detailed strike along with chocolate brown surfaces and some hints of gloss in the fields." 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 pattern is one of a series that ranged up to a silver 600 réis. This three réis (or 1/200 rupia) was accompanied by KM Pn2 ("3" on the reverse).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: KM-Pn1; Gomes-E1.01.

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, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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Goa 1834 3 reis KM-Pn1

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