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1/8 Tanga - Luíz I Calcutta mint
| Issuer | Portuguese India |
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| Year | 1881-1886 |
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| Weight | 3.30 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed right-facing effigy of King Luís I of Portugal occupying the central field, rendered with fine detail showing the king's characteristic beard and moustache. The circular legend reads LUDOVICUS I PORTUG: ET ALGARB: REX, interrupted at the base by the date 1886, flanked by raised dots. The portrait is contained within a plain inner border, with a toothed (beaded) outer border running the full circumference of the coin. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Portuguese India's fractional copper coinage of this period was struck at the Calcutta Mint under a contract arrangement — Lisbon lacked both the capacity and the political will to supply its dwindling Estado da India territories from metropolitan mints. The Calcutta connection was purely logistical, a consequence of British India's minting infrastructure being far closer to Goa than anything Portugal could offer.
The five-year production window across 1881–1886 reflects fitful colonial budgeting rather than consistent demand.