Thanks to my Saligaokar friend Tony Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (from Donvaddo, then in Austria, the West Indies and now in London) for sending me this very interesting link. Some interesting images of the Goa money of the past. Guess these images are in the public domain, but it won't hurt to credit the source and the people who took the trouble to put it up there.
Ron Wise's World Paper Money Homepage This page created by: Ronald Wise Creation date: May 1997 Last update: 18 June 2006 URL: http://www.banknoteworld.com/countries/india.html URL: http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/countries/india.html o BNU ek rupia, 1924 http://wapurl.co.uk/?VDMO11J o BNU cincoenta rupias http://wapurl.co.uk/?BZAVRA3 o Cinco rupias http://wapurl.co.uk/?11SL1K3 o Trinta escudos http://wapurl.co.uk/?TPPSTEA o Cinco rupias http://wapurl.co.uk/?11SL1K3 o Trinta Escudos http://wapurl.co.uk/?TPPSTEA o Sessenta Escudos http://wapurl.co.uk/?DU10CWU o Uma rupia http://wapurl.co.uk/?U6H83OV o BNU 50 "cancelled" http://wapurl.co.uk/?G39AI7A o Pagavel na India Portuguesa http://wapurl.co.uk/?HBIUBCY o Trinta Escudos http://wapurl.co.uk/?W5BLJBY o Sessenta escudos http://wapurl.co.uk/?DHLK1G4 o Seiscentos escudos http://wapurl.co.uk/?0338K0F For those interested, this background is from Domnic Fernandes' antique bookshelf (scheduled to be part of his shortly-due book too): Closer home, the first Indo-Portuguese issues of paper currency were the 'rupia' denominated notes, put into circulation around 1883. These were issued in denominations of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 and 500 rupia. In 1906, the Banco Nacional Ultramarino, as the Portuguese overseas bank was called, was entrusted with the responsibility of issuing paper money in India for the Portuguese-held territories. New denominations of four tangas, eight tangas, one rupia and two-and-half rupia were introduced in 1917. The monetary system in vogue in Goa consisted of the reis, the tanga and the rupia, with one rupia consisting of 16 tangas. In 1959 though, the denominational unit was changed from rupia to escudos, with one escudo consisting of 100 cent avos. New notes with the denominations of 30, 60, 100, 300, 600 and 1000 escudos were introduced. These remained in circulation until Goa's liberation in 1961, when they were replaced by the Indian currency. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org 9822122436 +91-832-240-9490 http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
