Malacca (1521-57) dinheiro
This specimen was lot 72562 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2023), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. Portuguese India. Malacca. Dinheiro, ND (1521-57). Joao III. NGC AU Details--Environmental Damage. An interesting base metal denomination, this example offers some light deposits that highlight the details rather well." In 1511, the Portuguese seized the port of Malacca from its ruler, Mahmud Shah, and held it against Javanese and Sumatran attacks. Finally, it fell to the Dutch in 1641. Tin, being abundant in Malaya, was used to make the coins. The obverse legend reads, "+JO[HA]N[NES] III.POR[TUGAL]:ET:AL[GARVE REX]·".
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: tin.
Catalog reference: Gomes-18.01.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Featuring the Richard Elliott Collection of Hooknecks, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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