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1 Dinheiro - Sebastião I Ship
| Issuer | Portuguese Malacca |
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| Year | 1558-1578 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The crowned royal arms of Portugal occupy the central field, rendered in a simplified, provincial style characteristic of colonial Malaccan coinage. The shield displays the five escutcheons in cross arrangement charged with bezants, enclosed within a decorative border, surmounted by a crown. The die work is crude but legible, with no surrounding legend, reflecting the limited die-cutting resources available at the Malacca mint. The entire device is set within an irregular planchet of calin alloy. |
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| Reverse description | A schematic and stylised representation of a Portuguese nao (carrack) fills the field, depicted in a naive, flat manner typical of these tin-lead colonial issues. The hull is rendered as a series of concentric curved lines suggesting the ribbed body of the vessel, with a prominent central boss at the waterline. The upper portion depicts simplified masts and furled sails indicated by vertical and diagonal lines, while horizontal yardarms extend to either side. No legend is present; the overall execution is deliberately crude, consistent with the artistic conventions of Malaccan Portuguese coinage of the mid-sixteenth century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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