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1 Escalin (Countermarked coinage)
Country: Guadeloupe
(France)
Denomination: 1 Escalin
Year: (1802)
Material: Silver (.903)
Weight:
Shape: Bit
Diameter:
Type: Common coin
Catalog list: guadeloupefrance
Description:
Obverse
Countermark on a small cut of outside ring from an 8 Reales coin, which center forms Guadeloupe KM#3. The center is cut out as an octogon and the remaining ring is then cut into 8 small sections, each forming one of this KM#2.
Note: RF Countermark on cut from outside ring of a center cut Spanish or Spanish Colonial 8 Reales.
Reverse
This side doesn't have markings and has just the segment of lettering from the original coin, which varies depending on the section it belonged to.
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