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[[Image:Port India SB119-43307o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers 2019 NYINC sale, lot 43307]]
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This specimen was lot 43307 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2019), where it sold for $264. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "INDIA. Portuguese India. 60 Reis (Tanga), 1871. NGC EF-40 BN. Exhibiting reddish brown patina on both sides and even, honest wear without distracting marks. Highly collectible as a type due to the unusual thickness of the planchet it was struck on. From the Collection of Dr. James Eustace Bizzell, II." This specimen is a one year type struck for the [[India, Portuguese|Portuguese colonies in India]]. Once extensive, Portuguese dominions had dwindled by the 1800's to the enclaves of Goa, Diu and Damao. 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 half tanga ([[Portuguese India 1871 1/2 tanga|KM 305]]), quarter tanga ([[Portuguese India 1871 1/4 tanga|KM 304]]), 10 réis ([[Portuguese India 1871 10 reis|KM 303]]), 5 réis (KM 302) and 3 réis ([[Portuguese India 1871 3 reis|KM 301]]). 

''Recorded mintage:'' 50,000.

''Specification:'' 38 g, copper, 37 mm diameter, plain edge.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-306. 

''[[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>Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, Matt Orsini and Cris Chatigny, ''The January 2019 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money,'' Santa Ana, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2018.

''Link to:''
* [[Goa 1869 rupia]]
* [[Portuguese India 1871 3 reis|1871 3 réis]] = 1/20 tanga
* [[Portuguese India 1871 10 reis|1871 10 réis]] = 1/6 tanga
* [[Portuguese India 1871 1/4 tanga|1871 ¼ tanga]]
* [[Portuguese India 1871 1/2 tanga|1871 ½ tanga]] = 30 réis
* [[Portuguese India 1881 rupia|1881 rupia]]
* [[Portuguese India 1882 1/2 rupia|1882 meia rupia]]
* [[Portuguese India 1886 1/4 tanga|1886 ¼ tanga]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1871]]

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