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fjt_513892 - GUADELOUPE Banque de la Guadeloupe 1826
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Type : Banque de la Guadeloupe
Date: 1826
Mint name / Town : Paris
Metal : silver
Diameter : 36 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 18,41 g.
Edge : lisse sans poinçon
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
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Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CHARLES X ROI - DE FRANCE.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Charles X à gauche ; signé BARRE Ft. sous la tête.
Reverse
Reverse legend : BANQUE DE LA GUADELOUPE/ ORDONNCE DU ROI DU 10 DECBRE 1826.
Reverse description : Scène composite avec une charrue, une ruche entre deux cornes d'abondance entrecroisées surmontées de symboles agraires ; à l'exergue, caducée ailé entre un navire et un coq.
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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