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¼ Escalin
| Issuer | Tortuga Island |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Currency | Escalin |
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| Obverse description | Central coat of arms of Île de la Tortue, depicted within an oval cartouche supported by two standing figures acting as shield bearers, surmounted by an ornate foliate crest. The legend 'ILE DE LA TORTUE' is inscribed below the arms in a stylized Latin script, with the date '2012' appearing beneath in the lower field. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1/4 escalin |
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Tortuga Island has no functioning government mint, no independent monetary authority, and no history of issuing coinage. This piece is a modern fantasy strike — produced for the collector market under the romantic weight of the island's 17th-century buccaneer associations, not as any form of circulating currency. The escalin was a real colonial denomination used in French Caribbean territories, which lends just enough historical plausibility to make the series marketable.