4 Xerafins São Tomé - José I Goa mint

The xerafim denomination was a Portuguese adaptation of the existing monetary system in Goa, derived from the local Konkani term for a silver currency unit already in use before the Portuguese consolidated control over the city. By José I's reign, gold xerafins were being struck at the Goa mint in small quantities for ceremonial and high-value commercial transactions tied to the Estado da India's increasingly strained trade network. José I himself took little direct interest in colonial administration — effective governance of Portugal and its empire during this period rested almost entirely with the Marquis of Pombal.

The Gomes census records only a single confirmed die marriage for this type.