1 Bastardo - Manuel I 3rd issue

The bastardo was struck specifically for circulation in Malacca following Portugal's conquest of the sultanate in 1511 under Afonso de Albuquerque — one of the earliest deliberate attempts by a European power to produce colonial coinage calibrated to an existing Asian monetary system. The calin alloy was a local material, not a Portuguese import; the mint adapted to what the Malay market already trusted.

Multiple Gomes references for this issue reflect genuine die variety distinctions, not cataloging overlap.