The Portuguese in India

Portuguese India

Diu

Peter II 1683 - 1706 1/2 xerafin wo.year, silver 5,89 gram, d=19 mm Obverse: Crowned Portuguese shield Reverse: Cross of Saint George with radiate ends KM 4
Peter II 1683 - 1706 AR xerafin, undated issue of 1685/6 11,45 gr, d=21,5-22 mm Obv.:Crowned Portuguese shield Rev.:Cross of Saint George with radiate ends. Mitchener 1979, 1483
John V 1706 - 1750 AR Rupia 11,4 gram, d=22,5-23 mm Obv.: Portuguese shield without any initials beside. Rev.: Cross of Christ: Date in angles: 1 - 7 - 4 - 0 Mitchener 1979, 1485, KM -
Joseph I 1750 - 1777 Tutenag 20 bazarucos 15,52 gr, d=24,5-26 mm Obv.:Crowned Portuguese shield with D - O beside Rev.: Cross of Christ: 1 - 7 - 7 - 7

Goa

Philip I - Philip II 1580-1621
Tutenag bazaruco
2,26 gr, 13,5-14 mm
Obv.: Crowned Portuguese shield: G-A (Goa).
Rev.: Cross of the Holy sepulchre with a star in each angle.
Mitchener 1979, 1396-97

Joseph, 1750-1777 AR 1/2 pardao 1775 2,67 gram, 15 mm Obv.: Laurete bust of king right with long hair: 1775 MEIO PARDAO Rev.: Crowned Portuguese shield KM 158, Mitchener 1979, 1409
AR 1 rupie 1755 11,93 gr, d=21,5-22,2 mm Obv.: Laureate bust of king right with long hair IOZE PH IRP - 1755. Rev.: Crowned Portuguese shield. KM 203
AE 30 Reis 1774 21,23 gr, d=29-30 mm Obv.: Crowned Portuguese shield Rev.: Within laurel wreath: 30R - * G * - 1774 KM 123
Maria I with Peter III: 1777 - 1786 AR 150 reis 1784 2,65 gram, d=15,5 mm Obv.: Busts of Maria and Peter: Goa - 150 R - 1782 Rev.: Crowned Portuguese shield KM 189, Mitchener 1979, 1414c
Posthumous issue of Joseph AR rupie 1780, 10,76 gr, d=20,5-21 mm Obv.: Laurete bust of king right with long hair: 1780 - RVPI Rev.: Crowned Portuguese shield KM 205
Maria I (alone): 1787 - 1807 AR rupia 1796, 10,7 gr Obv.: Bust of Quen right GOA RVPIA 1796 Rev.: Crowned Portuguese shield of personal style. KM 205, M. 1417-19
John VI: 1807 - 1816 (as Prince Regent) AR rupie 1807, 10,9 gr, d=21,3 mm Obv.: Laurete bust of king right GOA RVPIA 1807 Rev.: Crowned Portuguese shield of the oval type KM 219, M. 1422
Miguel, 1828 - 1834 AE tanga, countermarked issue of 1831 - 1832 Countermark: PR 809 ("Portaria Registrada 809". ie. Council Ordonnance no. 809) KM 253
Peter V, 1853 - 1861 Ar rupi 1857, 10,88 gr Obv.: Bare head of king right: PETRUS V PORTUG ET ALGARB REX 1857 Rev.: RUPIA GOA in wreth KM 218, Mitchener 1979, 1448

Reformed coinage struck for Portuguese India in general: 1871 - 1961

	Louis I 1861 - 1889 Tanga = 60 reis 1871 37,73 gr. d=36,5 mm Obv.: Crowned shield INDIA POTUG. 1871 Rev.: TANGA 60 REIS in wreth The only Portuguese Indian coins struck between closure of the Goa mint in 1869 and introduction of the new coinage in 1881 was this Bombay issue of 1871 struck in denominations of 60, 30, 15, 10, 5 and 3 reis.

Portuguese in Ceylon about 1505 - 1655: go to Ceylon

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