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1 Bazaruco - Filipe I Goa mint
| Issuer | Portuguese India |
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| Year | 1580-1598 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a large, boldly struck capital letter 'F' (for Filipe/Felipe I), rendered in a plain serif style characteristic of hammered Portuguese colonial coinage. The letter occupies the majority of the flan, with no surrounding legend. The coin surface is irregular and slightly convex, consistent with hammered production at the Goa mint. The flan edges are uneven, reflecting the hand-cut planchet preparation typical of 16th-century Indian colonial issues. |
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| Reverse description | Central design featuring a plain cross pattée with a short vertical top arm and elongated horizontal arms, forming an arrangement typical of the Portuguese colonial cross motif used at the Goa mint. Small pellets or dots appear in two of the quadrants formed by the cross arms, a distinctive diagnostic feature of this Bazaruco type. The cross is boldly struck and centrally placed on the irregular flan, with no surrounding legend or additional devices. The overall style is consistent with the crude, utilitarian hammered coinage produced for circulation in Portuguese India during the late 16th century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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