Catalog
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
| Issuer | Saint Lucia |
|---|---|
| Year | 1813 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Countermarked |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | II· A S:Lucie ·1781· |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | ND (1813) - KM#10.1 Countermark on 8 Reales of Charles III - ND (1813) - KM#10.2 Countermark on 8 Reales of Charles IV - |
| Additional information |
Saint Lucia in 1813 was under British administration — captured from France definitively in 1814, though effectively British-controlled since 1803 — yet still operating a French-currency accounting system for local transactions. This coin is a product of that administrative awkwardness: a British colonial authority issuing denominations expressed in livres and sous, a French monetary framework that the island's population simply refused to abandon. The two varieties under KM#10 reflect die differences introduced during the same production run, not separate issue years.
Cut and counterstamped from Spanish colonial eight-reale pieces, the host coins were Spanish-American silver redirected through Caribbean monetary improvisation.