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1 Larim 'Countermark VOC over 2 Tangas Filipe III' Goa mint to Malaca
| Issuer | Portuguese Estado da India / Dutch VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) |
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| Year | 1658-1660 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Reverse of the host 2 Tangas coin of Filipe III, struck at the Goa mint, displaying the crowned Portuguese royal shield of arms in the center of the field. The shield, bearing the characteristic quinas (five escutcheons) of Portugal, is surrounded by a plain border. The letter 'A' appears to the left of the shield, serving as a mintmark or initial, consistent with Goa mint issues of the period. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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When the VOC seized Malacca from the Portuguese in January 1641 after a five-month siege, they inherited a population accustomed to Portuguese coinage and a chronic shortage of small change. Rather than strike new coin immediately, the Company counterstamped existing Portuguese tangas — including Goa-struck issues of Filipe III — with the VOC monogram, effectively conscripting enemy currency into Dutch colonial commerce. The practice continued into the late 1650s as supplies of acceptable host coins dwindled.
The countermark itself was applied with considerable force, and the host coin's original surfaces frequently show distortion around the punch site.