Portuguese India 1901 1/2 tanga

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was also struck 1903 and is not rare. It was accompanied by an eighth tanga and a quarter tanga. It was struck by the British under contract. Half a tanga made thirty réis or 1/32 rupee.

Recorded mintage: 800,000 plus a few specimens.

Specification: bronze.

Catalog reference: KM 16.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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:

• Portuguese India 1901 1/12 tanga
• Portuguese India 1901 1/8 tanga
• Portuguese India 1901 1/4 tanga
• 1903 ¼ tanga
• 1903 ½ tanga
• 1903 rupia
• Coins and currency dated 1901
• return to coins of Portuguese India