| SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Denomination | Two Tanga |
| Alloy | Silver |
| Type | Struck |
| Diameter | 25.6 mm |
| Thickness | 2.4 mm |
| Weight legal | 10.40 gms |
| Weight | 10.59 gms |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Smooth |
| DieAxis | 120° |
| Mint | Goa,India |
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| Codrington Unlisted ; Gomes J4: ; F.Vas J4.12 KM India/Goa#73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Obverse : Crowned Coat of arms of Portugal divides G A
(Goa) within a circle of radial dashes between two plain line circles.
Reverse : Cross with each digit of year 1650 in each quadrant, all within
a circle of radial dashes between two plain line circles.
Text from
* Ceylon Coins and Currency By H. W. Codrington. Colombo 1924
Chapter VIII Portuguese - Plate xxx. Page xxx
* Indo Portuguese Money, by J Ferraro Vaz, . Braga, Portugal 1980 p.164
* Moedas Portuguesas 1128-1988, by Alberto Gomes. Lisbon 1987
* Collection Henry Thomas Grogan, J. Schulman, Auction 23-02-1914.
* Non-Islamic and Western Colonies since 600 AD by by Michael Mitchiner.
The F grade coin Scaned at 600 dpi are displayed at 300 dpi. It is from part of Lalith Raddella's collection I purchased in 2016 December.