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[[Image:SB524-33236o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers May 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 33236]]
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This specimen was lot 33236 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2024), where it sold for $168. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[India|INDIA]]. [[India, Portuguese|Portuguese India]]. Diu. Tutenaga. 30 Bazarucos, 1748. Joao V. PCGS Genuine--Environmental Damage, EF Details. An large format piece that that is not often encountered. Unlisted in ''The Standard Catalog of World Coins'' and un-plated in ''Moedas Portuguesas'' by Alberto Gomes. Damaged some time ago, but still retains a great deal of charm." The [[Portugal|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 1744, Portuguese holdings were limited to Diu, Damao and Goa. Each had a mint which struck hammered coinage until the 1860's. We can't tell was what metal was used for this coin but many coins of Diu were struck from tin. One rupia was 750 bazarucos.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. 

''Specification:'' tin? 

''Catalog reference:'' Gomes-33.01. KM-Unlisted. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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.
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''May 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

''Link to:''
* [[Goa 1748 60 reis]]
* [[Diu 1778 1/4 atia]]
* [[Diu 1800 3 bazarucos]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1748]]

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