Goa 1740 rupia

from the Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 7450

This specimen was lot 7450 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $1,080. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDIA. Portuguese India. Goa. Rupia, 1740. Joao V. NGC AU-58. No other certified examples at NGC, thus the finest. Displaying with gray patina with some darker recessed areas and some remaining brilliance can be found. Altogether a charming survivor of the type." This type, which was struck 1726-52, was accompanied by a tanga (KM 119), half pardao (KM 113) and pardao (KM 111). One rupia was four pardao. The 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.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.8 g, 0.917 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-112.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• 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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

Link to:

• Goa 1717 15 reis = ¼ tanga
• Damao 1740 xerafim
• Goa 1743 rupia
• Coins and currency dated 1740