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[[Image:SB1021-71209o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers October 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71209]]
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This specimen was lot 71209 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $156. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "INDIA. [[India, Portuguese|Portuguese India]]. Damao. 30 Reis, 1840. Maria II. NGC VF-30. Very well produced and preserved for this somewhat RARE one-year type from the Portuguese colony of Damao in northwestern India. Near complete striking detail is visible, and moderate wear does little to obstruct one's enjoyment of the piece." This type was struck 1840 and 1846. The Damao mint was closed in 1854 and the Goa mint in 1869. After that, coinage for Portuguese India was struck either in Lisbon or at one of the British mints. Thirty réis = half a tanga = 1/10 pardao = 1/20 rupia.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' copper. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM-23. 

''[[Bibliography|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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''The October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

''Link to:''
* [[Goa 1839 rupia]]
* [[Goa 1840 12 xerafins Fr-1501]]
* [[Diu 1841 rupia]]
* [[Damao 1843 15 reis]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1840]]

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