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[[Image:Guadeloupe c1802 escalin obv H3032-25192.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3032, lot 25192]]
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The island of [[Guadeloupe]] was colonized by the French in 1635, but did not see sizable settlements until much later. For a time it was a dependency of Martinique. The French had been cutting and stamping coins for local use when the British took control in 1810-1816. The latter mandated several different types of coins, authorized in 1811, to be made from circulating English, French, and Spanish silver[1].

This specimen was lot 25192 in Heritage sale 3032 (Chicago, April 2014), where it sold for $5,287.50. The catalog description[2] noted, "French Administration Escalin (1802), XF40 NGC. By decree of 9 Frimaire an XI (November 30, 1802), Counter Admiral Lacrosse authorized the cutting and stamping of gourdes (mostly Spanish Colonial 8 Reales) to provide for the needed small coinage. Each coin would first have an octogonal central segment removed (and stamped 4 E. R. F. in two lines for 4 Escalins Republique Francaise), and the resulting ring would be further cut into 8 segments, each of these stamped with the R. F. letters, and valued at 1 Escalin (the Escalin was the Dutch Schelling or 6 Stuivers, equivalent to the Spanish Colonial 1 Real piece). The operation was made at the expense of the authorities by citizen Monsigny. An initial 2,000 gourdes were authorized for this operation, thus resulting in 16,000 of these Escalins. Surviving specimens are very rare. The R. F. stamp on the present example is from the same dies as the ex Ford-Roehrs example (DNW 9/2010, lot 163, for GBP 2,000)."

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 2, Mazard-44.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* [1]Byrne, Ray, ''Coins and Tokens of the Caribees,'' Decatur, IL: Jess Peters, Inc., 1975.
* [2]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, ''Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3032,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2014

''Link to:''
* [[Guadeloupe (1811) 20 sous|(1811 20 sous]]
* [[Guadeloupe (1811) 40 sous|(1811) 40 Sous]]
* [[Guadeloupe (1811) 9 livres|(1811) 9 livres]]
* [[Guadeloupe (1813) 2 livres 5 sous]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1802]]
* return to coins of [[Guadeloupe]]

[[Category:Cut and countermarked coinage of the Caribbean]][[Category:Selections from Heritage sale 3032]]

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