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São Tomé de 5 Xerafins - João V Goa mint
| Issuer | Portuguese India |
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| Year | 1713-1750 |
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| Currency | Rupia (1706-1880) |
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| Obverse description | Central crowned Portuguese royal coat of arms within a segmented geometric border, dividing the mint letters G and A to the left and right of the shield. The legend IOANNES V R P runs around the periphery in Latin characters, interrupted by the mint mark initials. The overall design is executed in the angular, deeply incuse style characteristic of hammered gold coinage produced at the Goa mint under João V. The shield displays the traditional Portuguese quinas and castles, rendered in a stylized manner consistent with early eighteenth-century Indo-Portuguese coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | G-A IOANNES V R P |
| Reverse description | Standing figure of São Tomé (Saint Thomas) depicted frontally, rendered in a highly stylized and angular manner characteristic of hammered Goa mint coinage. The saint is flanked by two small stars in the field. The date, here 1715, is inscribed below the figure in two parts flanking the lower portion of the design. The letters S and T, denoting São Tomé, appear divided on either side of the figure within a plain border, with a decorative corded or cable pattern along the outer rim. |
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