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1 Manoel - Manuel I Goa mint
| Issuer | Portuguese India (Casa da Moeda de Goa) |
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| Year | 1510-1521 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#8, Gomes#E1 14.01 |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicting a Portuguese armillary sphere, the iconic emblem of King Manuel I of Portugal, rendered with multiple intersecting rings and a central axis, enclosed within a plain inner circle. The border is composed of a continuous beaded ring, matching the obverse. The armillary sphere, a personal badge of Manuel I, symbolizes Portuguese maritime exploration and empire. No inscriptions or legends appear on this face. The hammered surface displays the characteristic irregularity of the Goa Mint's earliest colonial gold coinage. |
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| Mint | Goa Mint |
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Manuel I authorized the Goa mint shortly after Afonso de Albuquerque seized the city from the Bijapur Sultanate in 1510 — one of the earliest European minting operations established in Asia. The Casa da Moeda de Goa was producing coinage almost immediately, a deliberate assertion of Portuguese authority over a trade entrepôt that controlled much of the Arabian Sea spice traffic.
These early Goan gold issues circulated alongside a bewildering mix of local sultanate coinage, and die workmanship varies considerably across the production run — the Goa mint was still establishing its craftsmen and infrastructure during Manuel's reign.