| Issuer | French Guiana |
| Year | 1780-1790 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 2 Sols (0.1 LT) |
| Currency | Livre tournois (987-1795) |
| Composition | Billon (.208 silver) |
| Weight | 1.9 g |
| Dimensions | 22 mm |
| Thickness | 1 mm |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | Pierre-Benjamin Duvivier |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#1, Zay#30, Lec#20 |
| Obverse description | One royal crown with 5 arches on top of 3 lis flowers. |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | LOUIS
XVI R.DE FR ET DE NAV. (Translation: Louis the 16th king of France and Navarre) |
| Reverse description | Value and date inside a circle, itself surrounded by the emitting authority inside a grénetis close to the edge of the coin. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | COLONIE DE CAYENNE
2
SOUS
1789
A (Translation: Colony of Cayenne) |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | A Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
| Mintage | 1780 A - Antique forgery (type 1) - 1781 A - Antique forgery (type 1 and 3) - 1782 A - Type 2 - 3 000 000 1783 A - Antique forgery (type 1 and 3) - 1786 A - Antique forgery (type 1 and 3) - 1787 A - Antique forgery (type 1) - 1788 A - Antique forgery (type 1 and 3) - 1789 A - Type 2 and 4 - 3 000 000 1790 A - Not listed on Lecompte - |
| Catalog ID | 2730027890 |
| Comments |
