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1 Stiver - George III Trial Strike
| Issuer | Demerara and Essequibo |
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| Year | 1813 |
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| Weight | 18.75 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | COLONIES OF ESSEQUEBO & DEMARARY TOKEN ONE STIVER 1813 |
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Demerara and Essequibo — the twin Dutch colonies on the Guiana coast — had been seized by Britain in 1803 and existed in a peculiar administrative limbo for years afterward, still using Dutch stivers and guilders alongside whatever coinage could be sourced. The 1813 issue was a deliberate attempt to impose British colonial currency on a population that had no particular reason to trust it. Trial strikes in gold-plated copper were produced to evaluate the design before committing to a full production run.
The colonies were formally united as British Guiana in 1831, rendering this transitional coinage short-lived by design.