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60 Réis - Maria I Goa mint
| Issuer | Portuguese India |
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| Year | 1788-1803 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#M1 26; M1 27; M1 28, KM#208 |
| Obverse description | Crowned draped bust of Queen Maria I facing left, rendered in a crude hammered style characteristic of the Goa mint. The hair is dressed and adorned, with varying portrait types known across the issue including a widow's veil and headdress varieties. The legend 'GOA 60 R.' appears around the effigy, with the date below the bust in the field. The overall style reflects the provincial workmanship of the colonial Portuguese Indian coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Maria I's coinage for Portuguese India operated under a separate monetary logic from Lisbon — Goa required denominations calibrated to local exchange, and the 60 réis filled a gap that metropolitan silver could not practically serve. Production ran across multiple die marriages, catalogued as M1 26 through M1 28, reflecting the mint's habit of pairing available obverse and reverse dies without strict matching discipline.
The Goa mint's output during this period was chronically irregular, shaped by fluctuating silver supply from trade rather than any centralized minting schedule.