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1 Pardau - João VI Big armillary sphere, Goa mint
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda de Goa |
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| Year | 1822-1825 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | GOA PΛRDΛO 1825 |
| Reverse description | Crowned Portuguese royal shield displaying the traditional quintas arrangement of five escutcheons charged with bezants, surmounted by a royal crown, and superimposed upon a large armillary sphere. The armillary sphere, a characteristic emblem of Portuguese sovereignty, extends prominently behind and below the shield, its bands and rings clearly rendered. The composition is set within a plain field with no surrounding legend. |
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João VI issued this Goa coinage during an extraordinarily fractured moment: Brazil had declared independence in 1822, and Portugal's grip on its remaining Asian possessions was tightening into something closer to administrative reflex than imperial ambition. The Goa mint, one of the oldest European mints in Asia, had been operating intermittently for centuries by this point, and its output during the early 1820s reflects the broader disruption — production runs were inconsistent and surviving examples vary noticeably in die alignment and striking pressure.
João VI died in March 1826, making this a short terminal issue for his reign in the Indian possessions.