Portuguese India 1871 3 reis

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is a one year type struck for the Portuguese colonies in India. Once extensive, Portuguese dominions had dwindled by the 1800's to the enclaves of Goa, Diu and Damao. In 1869 the mint at Goa, which had produced hammered coinage, was closed. Issues up to 1952 were based on the rupee (1 rupia = 16 tanga, 1 tanga = 60 réis) and struck at the British controlled mints of Bombay and Calcutta. The year 1871 saw the only complete series of copper minted, including the tanga (KM 306), half tanga (KM 305), quarter tanga (KM 304), 10 réis (KM 303), 5 réis (KM 302) and 3 réis (KM 301).

Recorded mintage: 52,000.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: KM 301.

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.

Link to:

• Goa 1869 rupia
• 1871 10 réis = 1/6 tanga
• 1871 ¼ tanga
• 1871 ½ tanga = 30 réis
• 1871 tanga
• 1881 ⅛ rupia
• 1881 ¼ tanga
• Portuguese India 1884 1/8 tanga
• Coins and currency dated 1871