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1 Rupia - Maria I Hairdress, Goa mint
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda de Goa |
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| Year | 1796-1807 |
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| Currency | Rupia (1706-1880) |
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| Reverse description | Crowned Portuguese royal coat of arms at center, featuring the five escutcheons of Portugal arranged in a cross pattern within the central shield, flanked by elaborate baroque-style foliate and scroll ornaments that fill the field. A royal crown surmounts the shield. The overall composition is characteristic of late 18th-century Portuguese colonial heraldic design, with no peripheral legend. |
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| Mint | Goa Mint, Goa (Portuguese India) |
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Portugal's Goa mint operated under persistent material shortages throughout the late 18th century, frequently melting down older coinage to strike new issues when bullion shipments from Lisbon failed to arrive. The 1 Rupia series under Maria I ran across more than a decade precisely because demand from local trade consistently outpaced what the mint could produce in any single year.
Maria I was declared legally insane in 1799 and her son João assumed regency, yet coinage continued under her name and titles until well after that point — a deliberate political choice to maintain continuity of royal authority in the colonies.