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15 Bazarucos - João V Goa Mint
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda de Goa |
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| Year | 1706-1750 |
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| Diameter | 37 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicting the crowned Portuguese royal arms, rendered as a shield with horizontal stripes within a rounded arch surmounted by a royal crown. The composition is framed by a plain circular border, with the mint mark letters G-A flanking the crowned shield. The design is cast in low relief with characteristically broad, flat fields typical of colonial Portuguese copper coinage from Goa. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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João V's copper coinage for Goa was produced under chronic minting pressures — the Estado da India's treasury was perpetually strained by the costs of defending a shrinking coastal empire against Maratha expansion, and local copper issues like this one were as much about maintaining economic presence in the region as anything else. The bazaruco denomination itself was a deeply local unit, meaningless in Lisbon but essential in Goan bazaars where Portuguese monetary authority had to compete with Mughal and later Maratha-issued copper.
The 44-year span of this type reflects how rarely Goa updated its dies.