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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 8420145, member: 102103&quot;]Portuguese India <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces11758.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces11758.html" rel="nofollow">1901 1/8 Tanga</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1493364[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It doesn&#039;t really fit the topic, but here&#039;s my other recent Portuguese India purchase:</p><p>Portuguese India <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces11767.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces11767.html" rel="nofollow">1959 60 Centavos</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1493365[/ATTACH]</p><p>The monetary system at the time had a strange series of denominations:</p><p>10-30-60 centavos and 1-3-6 escudos.</p><p>I hadn&#039;t realized that Portugal retained its Indian colonies until 1961, well after India&#039;s 1948 independence from the UK.&nbsp; They were taken from Portugal by force.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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