5 Bazarucos - João V Dio mint

João V's copper and tin coinage for Portuguese India occupied a peculiar administrative space — Goa's mint at Dio operated under chronic metal supply constraints throughout the 1740s, and tin was substituted where copper stocks fell short. The Bazaruco itself was the lowest denomination in daily Goan commerce, used almost exclusively by the indigenous population for market transactions the Portuguese colonial administration had little interest in tracking closely.