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fco_793155 - GUADELOUPE Essai de 1 Franc métal indéterminé n.d. Paris

GUADELOUPE Essai de 1 Franc métal indéterminé n.d. Paris MS
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Price : 750.00 €
Type : Essai de 1 Franc métal indéterminé
Date: 19--
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : -
Metal : nickel silver
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,42 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
exemplaire très bien conservé mais qui présente de fines rayures à l’avers
Catalogue references :
Lec.52  - KM20/-

Obverse

Obverse legend : RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE// GUADELOUPE ET DÉPENDANCES.
Obverse description : Tête d’amérindien à gauche signé A.PATEY au-dessous.

Reverse

Reverse legend : BON POUR/ 1 - F.// .CONTRE. VALEUR. DÉPOSÉE. AU. TRÉSOR..
Reverse description : en légendes circulaires autour d’une branche, début de la date à gauche du pied : 19.

Commentary

A l’oeil, l’exemplaire est en argent mais ce poids de 8,42 g n’est pas répertorié par Lecompte. Il est à rapprocher d’un exemplaire de la Collection Michel qui pesait 8,44 g.

Historical background

GUADELOUPE

Guadeloupe was discovered by Christopher Columbus during his second voyage in 1493. Occupied by the French from 1636, Colbert acquired it in 1664 and ceded it to the Compagnie des Indes Occidentales. Guadeloupe became a Crown colony in 1674 then was occupied several times by the English between 1756 and 1802. Returned to France by the Peace of Amiens in 1802, it was occupied again in 1810 and remained English until 1813, date it was exchanged to Sweden. Returned to France by the Treaties of Paris in 1814 and 1815, it was not recovered by the royal power until 1816.

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