Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1/2 Xerafim - João VI Big armillary sphere, Goa mint
| Issuer | Portuguese India |
|---|---|
| Year | 1818-1823 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Gomes#J6 12, KM#236 |
| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of King João VI facing right, occupying the central field. The date appears below the bust, with the mint mark and denomination indicator flanking the effigy. The legend GOA MEI X is distributed around the bust, with GOA to the left and MEI X to the right, denoting the Goa mint and the half-xerafim denomination. The overall style is characteristic of hammered colonial coinage struck at the Goa mint, with an irregularly shaped flan and somewhat crude engraving typical of the period. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | GOA MEI X (Translation: MEI= Half= Demi X= Xerafim) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |