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French Guiana

French colony located on the northeastern coast of South America.

Kind: colony
Region: Guianas, South America
Recorded period: to 1946

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French Guiana (Cayenne), King Louis XVI, 2 sous, 1789

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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French Guiana (Cayenne), King Louis XVI, 2 sous, 1789

1789

Copper coin. Obverse: three fleurs-de-lis, surmounted by a crown. Reverse: value indication: 2 sous in two lines, below which the year. Below that, letter A [=Paris]. Smooth edge. So-called Cayenne-stuiver. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5303; its record gives material recorded as copper (…

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