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71/2 Reis '7=' - João VI Small armillary sphere - Goa mint
| Issuer | Portuguese India |
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| Year | 1816-1826 |
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| Weight | 4.8 g |
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| Obverse lettering | 7= REIS |
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| Mintage | ND (1816-1826) - AG#J6 21.01 (Small armillar sphere) |
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João VI issued this fraction specifically for Goa's local market, where smaller denominations were essential for petty trade that the larger milled coinage couldn't serve. The '7=' punch — a hand-stamped numeral applied to distinguish the value — was a practical fix for a colony operating on fragmentary monetary infrastructure, not a designed feature. Gomes records notable variation in the placement and depth of that punch across the series, a predictable consequence of manual application at the Goa mint rather than integration into the die itself.