fwo_533459 - ESSEQUIBO AND DEMERARY 1/8 Guilder Guillaume IV (1835/2) 1809
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Type : 1/8 Guilder Guillaume IV (1835/2)
Date: 1809
Quantity minted : 91000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 816 ‰
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,89 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GULIELMUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:.
Obverse description : portrait tête nue à droite de Guillaume IV.
Reverse
Reverse legend : UNITED COLONY OF DEMERARY & ESSEQUIBO // 1/4 // 1835.
Reverse description : couronne et deux rameaux.
Commentary
Variété avec date 1835/2.
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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