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15 Réis - João V Goa mint
| Issuer | Portuguese India |
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| Year | 1715-1717 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Denomination numeral '15' in bold relief at the centre of the field, surrounded by a wreath border formed by laurel or olive branches encircling the entire design. The composition is simple and utilitarian, consistent with the minor copper coinage of Portuguese India struck at Goa for local circulation. |
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João V authorized this issue specifically for circulation in Goa, where Portuguese colonial administration required a reliable low-denomination copper for petty trade — the silver-heavy metropolitan coinage was entirely impractical at street level. Production ran only three years before minting priorities shifted, leaving a short-window type that sees more collector interest than its modest face value would ever suggest.