2 Sous Colonie de Cayenne - Louis XVI

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
Diameter 22 mm
Thickness 1 mm
Shape Round
Technique 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 -
Numisquare ID 2730027890
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