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1 Bazaruco - Filipe II Goa mint
| Issuer | Portuguese India |
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| Year | 1598-1621 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | G-A |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The bazaruco was the lowest denomination in Portuguese India's monetary hierarchy, struck specifically for retail trade in Goa's local markets where copper and silver were too valuable for small transactions. Calain — a tin-lead alloy sourced largely through Portuguese trade networks in Southeast Asia — was the only metal cheap enough to make the arithmetic work. Filipe II here is Felipe III of Spain, the Portuguese crown having passed to the Spanish Habsburgs in 1580; Portuguese India continued striking in the king's name under both numbering systems, which still creates catalog confusion today.