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7 2⁄4 Réis - João Prince Goa mint
| Issuer | Portuguese India |
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| Year | 1799-1826 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The denomination expressed as a large fraction occupying the entire field: the numeral '7' to the upper left and the fraction '2/4' below and to the right, all in bold hand-cut characters typical of hammered Goa mint coinage. The plain, unadorned field and the absence of any surrounding legend focus the design entirely on the statement of value. The crude but legible numerals reflect the artisanal striking technique employed at the Goa mint during the reign of Prince Regent João. |
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João's tenure as Prince Regent — governing from Brazil after the royal family fled Lisbon ahead of Napoleon's 1807 invasion — created an administrative absurdity: Portugal's colonies were nominally governed from Rio de Janeiro, with Goa operating under increasingly independent local authority. The Goa mint continued striking copper fractionals through this entire period, bridging the Regency and João's formal proclamation as João VI in 1816, which accounts for the unusually long emission window on this type.