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# 703 / Rupee AD 1891 Don Carlos I Mozambique - Portuguese Colony
# 702Rupee AD 1890 Don Carlos IMozambique - Portuguese Colony Mozambique (Portuguese East Africa) - Portuguese Colony (1505-1951) - Don Carlos I, King of Portugal (1889-1908). C/s on british India Rupee AD 1890 Bombay (1889-1895), Silver ( ø 30 mm – w. 11.65 g.). Edge: grained. Gomes 05.15. KM 54.2.
C/s: P.M. within a circle.
Note: Decree of January 19, 1889. During the reign of D. Carlos I a substitution of an indented PM (Province of Mozambique), wich replaced the crowned PM of D. Luis I, was counterstamped on all foreign silver coinage circulating in Mozambique. Caution is required with this counterstamp, forgeries are known to exist and are wide spread.
Web References: http://theresia.name/en/scm_mozambique.html http://theresia.name/en/scm_pm.html
Literature: 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 1801-1900 – Krause Publications, 4th Edition, Usa, 2004.