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Name or Denominations
4 Escalins
Issuer
Guadeloupe (Overseas France)
Ruler
NA
Year of Minting
1802
Currency
Livre tournois (1635-1795)
Shape
Octagonal (8-sided)
Rarity
Ultra rare
Weight
10.828 g
Diameter
NA
Thickness
NA
Material
Silver (.903)
Shape
Octagonal (8-sided)
Edge Type
NA
Technique
Countermarked , Cut
Front design
NA
Back design
NA
Year of Minting
1802
Ruler
NA
Mint location
NA
Mint mark
NA
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Inscriptions
Obverse: 4E RF
Context
By decree of 9 Frimaire an XI (November 30, 1802), Counter Admiral Lacrosse authorized the cutting and stamping of gourdes (mostly Spanish Colonial 8 Reales) to provide for the needed small coinage. Each coin would first have an octagonal central segment removed (and stamped 4 E. R. F. in two lines for 4 Escalins République Française), and the resulting ring would be further cut into 8 segments, each of these stamped with the R. F. letters, and valued at 1 Escalin (the Escalin was the Dutch Schelling or 6 Stuivers, equivalent to the Spanish Colonial 1 Real piece). The operation was made at the expense of the authorities by citizen Monsigny. An initial 2,000 gourdes were authorized for this operation, thus resulting in 2,000 of these 4 Escalins coins.
Rarity
Ultra rare
Coin type
Standard circulation
In circulation
No
Demonetized
Yes
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