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2 Guilder - George III
| Issuer | Demerara and Essequibo |
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| Year | 1816 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Royal Mint, London |
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Demerara and Essequibo were administered as a single British colony following the capitulation of the Dutch settlements in 1803, yet the colony continued issuing coinage denominated in guilders rather than sterling — a practical concession to a merchant population still conducting accounts in Dutch currency. This 1816 issue was struck at the Royal Mint, London, making it one of very few British colonial coins of the period denominated in a foreign monetary unit.
The series was short-lived. By 1831, Demerara and Essequibo merged with Berbice to form British Guiana, and the guilder coinage was superseded entirely.