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PORTUGUESE MALACCA: Filipe III, 1621-1640, AR tanga (2.52g), ND, PCGS VF30

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Asia & Middle-East Start Price:170.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
PORTUGUESE MALACCA: Filipe III, 1621-1640, AR tanga (2.52g), ND, PCGS VF30
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This item SOLD at 2024 Jan 19 @ 14:59UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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PORTUGUESE MALACCA: Filipe III, 1621-1640, AR tanga (2.52g), ND, Gomes-F3.08-01, SS-Sim F3.18 (plate example), crowned arms flanked by letters MA // TA monogram flanked by letters R-F (Asia Tanga, Rei Felipe), PCGS graded VF30, ex Akio Seki Collection.

An emergency issue struck privately by Captain Alvares Botelho, in the name of King Filipe, to pay soldiers after defeating the Acehnese army in its attack on Malacca. The Portuguese forces had to be paid rather urgently. The Malacca Mint had not been operating for very many years and there was a serious shortage of silver currency. To solve the problem, Captain General Botelho was appointed Mint Master of the Malacca Mint. He could then order the minting of a silver coin of the value of a Goan tanga without waiting for authorization from Lisbon, a matter which could take as long as two years depending on the monsoon. Later the Viceroy of India, Dom Miguel de Noronha (Conte de Linhares) had to justify to King Dom Filipe the coinage of money without royal assent.