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4 Escalins (Countermarked coinage)
Country: Guadeloupe
(France)
Denomination: 4 Escalins
(4)
Year: (1802)
Material: Silver (.903)
Weight: 10.828 g
Shape: Octogonal
Diameter:
Type: Common coin
Catalog list: guadeloupefrance
Description:
Obverse
Countermark 4E RF on center plug of Spanish or Spanish Colonial 8 Reales cut as an octogon. The remaining ring was then cut into eight small bits, each of them forming a KM#2 Escalin.
1 Escalin equals 4/5 of a Spanish real, and equals 1 Livres.
Reverse
Remaining design from the original coin, center of Spain arms.
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