Indo-Portuguese Money, Dinheiro Luso-Indiano by J. Ferraro Vaz & M. Correia de Sousa, 1980, Portuguese India Coins and Banknotes
Dinheiro Luso-Indiano – Indo-Portuguese Money, by J. Ferraro Vaz and M. Correia de Sousa, is a major reference work on the monetary history of the Portuguese State of India. Published in Braga in 1980, the book presents a comprehensive study of the coins and banknotes used in Portuguese India from the arrival of the Portuguese in 1498 to the twentieth century.
The volume combines historical research with a cataloguing approach, presenting the different coin and paper-money issues in chronological order and illustrating them with numerous detailed drawings and plates. With more than six hundred pages and extensive visual documentation, the book is considered one of the most complete studies on Indo-Portuguese numismatics.
It remains an important reference for collectors and scholars interested in the monetary systems of the Portuguese overseas empire in Asia.