fwo_818113 - ESSEQUIBO AND DEMERARY 1/4 Guilder Georges III 1809
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Type : 1/4 Guilder Georges III
Date: 1809
Quantity minted : 124000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 816 ‰
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,84 g.
Edge : striée
Coments on the condition:
Traces de nettoyage, forte usure sur le portrait
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA.
Obverse description : Portrait tête nue à droite de Guillaume III.
Reverse
Reverse legend : COLONIES OF ESSEQUEBO & DEMARARY TOKEN // 1809.
Reverse description : -/4.
Historical background
ESSEQUIBO AND DEMERARY
(1814-1831)
Essequibo and Demerara is a Dutch colony founded in 1616 on the northeast coast of South America. In 1782-1783, it was briefly occupied by the French before being returned to the Dutch West India Company. From 1796, it was occupied by the English. In 1814, it became a British colony. In 1831, it was attached to the colony of Berbice to form British Guiana.
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