Portuguese Coins

  • Recently, a farmer in North Goa’s Nanoda Bamber village found 832 copper coins in a pot buried in the soil which were believed to be minted in Goa around the 16th or 17th Century when it was under Portuguese rule.
  • The Portuguese people issued coins in gold, copper and silver.
  • The gold coins were termed as 'Cruzado' or 'Manoel' and were issued in the same size, value and weight as the 'Pagodas' or 'Hons'.
  • Other types of gold coin named 'Meio-manoel', and 'Meia-espera' and 'Espera' in silver were also issued.
  • The gold 'Manoel' and the silver 'Espera' had the Cross of the Order of ....
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