Novamarketing Chiasso Medals Coins India F Portuguese India Portuguese Damao Jose Rupee 1765

# 577Rupee AD 1765 Jose IIndia F Portuguese - Damao
Portuguese India – Jose I, King of Portugal (1750-1777). Rupia 1765, Mint: Damao, Silver (ø 22 mm – w. 11.77 g.). Edge: plain. Gomes 53.05, Vaz 167 (for Diu mint), KM 5 (for Bacaim mint).

Obverse:
Crowned coat-of-arms of Portugal, within stylized branches.

Reverse:
Voided (coticed) Cross of St. George with groups of five stylized flowers at the ends, date in its four angles (1 - 7 - 6 - 5).

Provenance:
Numisart, Roland Michel, Genève, October 2003.

Metallographic analysis:
Ag 93–94 % / Cu 6–4.5 % / Zn 0.1 % / Fe 0.2 % / Pb 0.2 %
(Examination performed using an energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (EDXRF), model Fischersope XAN-FD, on the coin’s surface (ca 100 microns depth) without any mechanical preparation).

Literature:
Gerson da Cunha J. – Contributions to the Study of Indo-Portuguese Numismatics – First Edition, Bombay, 1880. AES reprint, 1995.
Gomes A. – Moedas Portuguesas e do Territorio que hoje é Portugal – Edição da Associação de Portugal, 5a Edição, Lisboa, 2007.
Krause C. and Mishler C. – Standard Catalog of World Coins 1601-1700 – Krause Publications, 3rd Edition, Usa, 2003.
Peres D. – Catalogo Das Moedas Indo-Portuguesa do Museu Numismatico Português – Vol. 1,2,3. Lisboa 1963,1964,1969.
Vaz J.F. – Dinheiro Luso-Indiano (Indo-Portuguese Money) – Oficinas de Barbosa and Xavier Lda, 1a Edição, Braga-Portugal, 1980.