71/2 Bazarucos - João V Dio mint

João V's copper issues for Portuguese India were minted at Diu, one of the Estado da India's smallest but strategically vital enclaves on the Gujarat coast. The 7½ bazaruco denomination is a product of the fractional accounting system used in Indo-Portuguese trade, where local bazaruco values were adjusted to bridge Portuguese and Gujarati commercial arithmetic. João V was deep into his reign's early spending wars — the War of Spanish Succession had only just concluded — and colonial minting in Diu operated with considerable autonomy from Lisbon's oversight, which accounts for the frequent weight and die inconsistencies documented across this type by Gomes.