Goa 1840 12 xerafins Fr-1501

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from Stack's Bowers 2017 NYINC sale, lot 3039
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This specimen was lot 3039 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $5,875. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. Portuguese India. Goa. 12 Xerafins, 1840. NGC AU Details--Mount Removed. VERY RARE final type and second to last year of hammered gold coinage issued in Portuguese India. Of finer style and manufacture than it predecessors with the full design rendered on both obverse and reverse. Evidence of multiple strikes with a touch of ghosting behind reverse cross. Formerly pinch mounted at 12 o'clock with small marks showing where the apparatus was removed but otherwise not overly cleaned or polished. Seldom offered and difficult to locate." 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 1840, Portuguese holdings were limited to Diu, Damao and Goa. Each had a mint which struck hammered coinage until the 1860's. This scarce type, which is not catalogued above VF, is noted for 1840-41. In 1871, a new series of milled coinage, struck by the British for the Portuguese, was introduced.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.87 g, gold, 18 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Fr-1501; KM-270; Gomes-26.01.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • 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.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2017 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Richard Stuart Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.

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