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4 Bazarucos - João III Cochim mint
| Issuer | Portuguese India |
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| Year | 1530-1544 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#2, Gomes#J3 13 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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João III inherited a network of Estado da India mints operating under considerable autonomy, and the Cochim (Cochin) facility was among the most productive for base-metal coinage intended for local market transactions — denominations that Portuguese merchants and administrators needed in volume but Lisbon rarely bothered to regulate closely. The bazaruco was essentially a concession to the existing monetary ecology of the Malabar Coast, where small copper fractions had circulated for generations before the Portuguese arrived.
The Cochim mint's output for this reign spans a fourteen-year window and shows meaningful variation in fabric and die execution across that period.