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2 Livres (British occupation)
Country: Guadeloupe
(France)
Denomination: 2 Livres
(2)
Year: (1811)
Material: Silver (.903)
Weight:
Shape: Bit
Diameter:
Type: Common coin
Catalog list: guadeloupefrance
Description:
Obverse
Countermark Crowned G on quarter segment of 9 Livres, KM#24, 25, 26, 35 or 36.
The issue of this coin doesn't have any official documentation or issue order. So it is known that all where made without authorization or by the people as a way to have smallest change, knowing the value of the original issue and then splitting it into smaller-equal sized bits they where able to have smaller denomination coinage.
Reverse
Remaining lettering and design from original coin, varies depending on the place it was cut from.
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