Portuguese Malacca (Malaysia) Soldo (1 Dinheiro) 1558-1578 Portuguese Malacca Soldo 1 Dinheiro Sebastião I 1557 to 1578 - tin - armillary sphere - arrows - colonial coin Melaka gVF

Portuguese Malacca, Soldo, also called 1 Dinheiro, King Sebastião I, tin.

Obverse: Three arrows crossed and joined in the centre with two dots between them, dividing the letters B and A.
Reverse: Armillary sphere.

Sebastião I ruled Portugal from 1557 to 1578. The Portuguese had taken Malacca in 1511, an important port on the strait that carried the sea route of the spice trade. Coins were struck locally in tin, because this metal was plentiful in the region. The armillary sphere was a badge of the Portuguese crown and appears on many coins from the Portuguese overseas world. Sebastião I fell in 1578 at the battle of Alcácer-Quibir in Morocco, which threw Portugal into a succession crisis. Small tin coins like this one circulated in the everyday trade of the Far East.

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