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5 Rupias
| Issuer | Governo Geral do Estado da India |
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| Year | 1896 |
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| Value | 5 Rupias |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette with a portrait bust of King Carlos I of Portugal. Serial numbers appear at the upper-left and upper-right corners. The design is enclosed within a decorative border with typeset inscriptions identifying the issuing authority and denomination. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface note; reverse is blank. |
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Governo Geral do Estado da India issued this note under Portuguese colonial authority, with Goa functioning as the administrative and financial center for Portugal's remaining Asian possessions. The 1890s series to which Pick 7 belongs was produced against a backdrop of chronic fiscal strain — the Estado da India had been running structural deficits for decades, sustained largely by remittances and customs revenue from the port trade rather than any productive local economy.
The 1896 date places this note within a period when Portugal itself was navigating serious metropolitan debt problems, which complicated the colonial treasury's ability to maintain reliable note redemption. Survival rates for this series are low; Goa's tropical humidity was particularly destructive to paper currency in circulation.