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1/2 Tanga - Miguel With countermark 'PR 809'
| Issuer | Portuguese India |
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| Year | 1831-1834 |
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| Currency | Rupia (1706-1880) |
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| Obverse description | This piece is a countermarked host coin, struck over an earlier Portuguese India 1/2 Tanga issue. The countermark 'PR 809', applied in the field, denotes 'Portaria Registada Nr. 809', a formal administrative revalidation order issued under King Miguel I between 1831 and 1834. The underlying host coin retains faint traces of its original design — a standing royal or allegorical figure visible in the central field — though heavily worn and partially obscured by the countermarking process. The flan is irregular and planchet distortion is evident, consistent with the hammered technique used on earlier Portuguese India copper coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The 'PR 809' countermark was applied by Portuguese colonial authorities to validate older copper coinage still in circulation — a common fiscal expedient when fresh minting was delayed or disrupted by supply constraints in Goa. The underlying Miguel-era tangas were struck during the reign of Dom Miguel I, whose legitimacy was itself contested throughout his rule by liberal constitutionalist forces loyal to his niece Maria II, a dynastic conflict that directly complicated colonial administration and coinage continuity across Portuguese overseas territories.