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3 Reaal / 18 Stuiver British Occupation, Countermark 3 with short tail
| Issuer | Curaçao |
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| Year | 1814 |
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| Value | 3 Reaal |
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| Obverse lettering | 3 |
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| Mintage | 1814: ND (1814) |
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During the Napoleonic Wars, Britain occupied Curaçao from 1807 to 1816 after the island's Dutch Batavian administrators effectively surrendered it without a fight. The chronic shortage of small silver on the island forced British authorities into a practice common across their Caribbean possessions: countermarking foreign coins already in circulation to give them official local currency status. This particular piece received a crowned "3" punch authorizing it to circulate at 3 Reaal or 18 Stuiver within the island economy.
The "short tail" variety distinguishes this from the more frequently encountered long-tail crown countermark — a die difference, not a date difference. CNO#60.3 is the scarcer of the two.