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1 Leal - João III Goa mint
| Issuer | Portuguese India |
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| Year | 1522-1557 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | Y:: |
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| Edge | Plain |
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João III authorized local copper coinage for Portuguese India partly to address the chronic shortage of small-denomination currency in Goa, where imported Portuguese copper was impractical for everyday market transactions. The leal — a unit inherited from pre-conquest monetary practice in the region — was retained deliberately to ease acceptance among local populations already familiar with the denomination.
Gomes catalogues this type under a single variety, but die workmanship varies considerably across the thirty-five year emission window, reflecting multiple engravers and at minimum two distinct production periods at the Goa mint.