Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2023 NYINC Auction 13-16 Jan 2023
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INDIA. Portuguese India. Goa. 1/2 Manuel (240 Reis), ND (1495-1521). Goa Mint. Manuel I. PCGS EF-45.
Fr-1450; Gomes-13.01. Weight: 1.73 gms. Struck during the age of exploration, this handsome survivor yields a golden-orange hue that intensifies around the devices, with the reverse in particular rather well struck.
Fr-1450; Gomes-13.01. Weight: 1.73 gms. Struck during the age of exploration, this handsome survivor yields a golden-orange hue that intensifies around the devices, with the reverse in particular rather well struck.
Struck shortly after the journey of Vasco da Gama around the Cape of Good Hope, this charming example serves as evidence of Portugal's early arrival to the Indian subcontinent and highlights Portugal's nearly century long reign as the preeminent European power in India.
Estimate: $2000 - $4000