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NON BRITISH COLONIAL COINS : INDO PORTUGUESE

Currency:INR Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:2,500.00 INR Estimated At:2,500.00 - 3,000.00 INR
NON BRITISH COLONIAL COINS : INDO PORTUGUESE
D. Joao III, Copper Bazarucos, 8.44g, (Not Listed in Gomes, Similar to type 05). Very fine, rare.

India has very flourishing Maritime trade with Western World since Ancient times. It has very flourishing trade with Roman Civilisation but it has only renewed with Portuguese Navigator Vasco De Gama arrived on Western Cost of India- Cochin in 1498. Francisco de Almeda and Afonso de Albuquerque succeed to established Portuguese power in India and the East. The territory of Goa seized in 1510. The Portuguese enjoyed virtual monopoly of trade with India for more than a century till the arrival of the Dutch and English. Portuguese power lasted till 1961 in territory of Goa, Diu and Daman. Indo Portuguese coinages is very important and historical in point of view of Maritime trade and political history of India. Here we are presenting considerable nice and detailed collection of the Gentleman who built this over the decades. It's not only golden opportunity for collectors of Indo Portuguese coins but it is great chance for all the serious coin collectors of Indian coins.