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| Emittent | Portuguese India |
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| Jahr | 1621-1640 |
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| Durchmesser | 12 mm |
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| Reversbeschreibung | Circular Latin legend reading S. LOVRENCO arranged around the entire periphery of the field, referencing São Lourenço (Saint Lawrence), the patron associated with the Ceylon (Ceilão) mint. At the centre of the reverse, a small cross or device is visible within the inner field. The lettering is roughly executed in capital Latin characters, characteristic of the hand-struck calaim coinage of Portuguese India. The legend serves as a mint identifier for coins produced at Colombo. |
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| Reverslegende | S. LOVRENCO |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
Calaim — a tin-lead alloy sourced largely from Southeast Asian trade networks — was the standard coinage metal for low-denomination issues in Portuguese Ceylon precisely because copper was chronically scarce in the regional supply chain. Filipe III (Filipe II of Portugal) inherited the Estado da India at a moment when the Dutch VOC was systematically dismantling Portuguese commercial dominance in Asian waters, and these fractional pieces circulated in an economy already under siege. The Ceilão mint operated under increasingly difficult conditions throughout the 1620s and 1630s as Dutch pressure on the island intensified ahead of their eventual seizure of Colombo in 1656.