In the square near Panaji Head Post Office, there are a lot of old Portuguese Era buildings. Also known as Tobacco Square in the Bairro do Sao Tome, the location of the area was historically extremely significant and many important buildings came up here. One such building is the Casa da Moeda which means House of Coins. This building functioned as the Mint of Goa from 1834-1841. During that era, the then Portuguese Viceroy of Goa, Dom Manuel de Portugal e Castro, was not happy with the coins that were…
