v14_1595 - GUADELOUPE Essai de 1 franc en maillechort n.d. Paris
MONNAIES 14 (2002)
Starting price : 480.00 €
Estimate : 600.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 480.00 €
Estimate : 600.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Essai de 1 franc en maillechort
Date: 19--
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Paris
Metal : nickel silver
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,15 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Infime petit coup au droit et très légères rayures de nettoyage mais l’exemplaire est splendide avec les reliefs légèrement mats et une très belle patine grise
Catalogue references :
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.
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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