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200 Réis - João V Goa mint
| Issuer | Portuguese India (Goa Mint) |
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| Year | 1735 |
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| Currency | Real (hammered coinage, 1706-1750) |
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| Obverse description | Central crowned Portuguese royal shield displaying the quintas (five escutcheons arranged in a cross) and the bordure of castles, surmounted by a royal crown in high relief. The mint letters G and A flank the shield to the left and right respectively, identifying the Goa mint. The entire device is enclosed within a beaded border. The die-work is characteristic of hammered coinage produced at the Goa mint in the early eighteenth century. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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João V's Indian coinage was struck at Goa as a practical necessity — Portuguese merchants and administrators needed specie that would circulate credibly in local trade networks without the long delays and losses of shipping bullion from Lisbon. The Goa mint operated under chronic supervision problems throughout the 1730s, and assay records from the period show recurring disputes over fineness that eventually prompted a royal inquiry into mint conduct.
Survivors in any condition are scarce. Goa-struck silver from this reign circulated hard in a humid coastal environment that accelerated surface degradation.