1 Stampee Type I

The stampee was a fractional currency solution common to the Eastern Caribbean during the chronic small-change shortages of the Napoleonic Wars period, when Spanish and French colonial coins were routinely cut, countermarked, and re-denominated by British island administrations scrambling to keep local commerce functional. Saint Vincent's version involved plugging or countermarking existing billon pieces — not minting from scratch — which is why surviving examples vary considerably in their host coin origins.

The Type I designation distinguishes the earliest countermark application before administrative changes altered the punch.