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1/2 Pardau - João V Goa mint
| Issuer | Portuguese India |
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| Year | 1726-1728 |
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| Currency | Rupia (1706-1880) |
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| Obverse description | Central effigy of King João V facing right, rendered in a crude hammered style typical of colonial Portuguese Indian coinage. The royal portrait is surrounded by a circular legend reading IOANNES V R P with the date below, divided across the field. The lettering is arranged around the portrait in the manner characteristic of Goa Mint issues of the early eighteenth century. The coin exhibits an irregular, somewhat granular flan with a milled border. The overall execution reflects the artisanal hammered technique employed at the Goa Mint. |
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| Mintage | 1726 G-A - Gomes J5.66.02 - 1727 GOA - 150, Gomes J5.67.01 - 1728 GOA - 150, Gomes J5.67.02 - |
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The half pardau was the workhorse denomination of Portuguese India's silver coinage, circulating alongside the indigenous currencies of the Konkan coast in an economy where Mughal rupees, local fanams, and European trade coins competed daily for acceptance. João V — flush with Brazilian gold revenue — nonetheless maintained the Goa mint's silver output to sustain Portuguese commercial credibility in the Estado da India, by then a shadow of its sixteenth-century dominance. The two Gomes references reflect documented die variants within this short three-year run.