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7 Black dogs
| Issuer | Nevis |
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| Year | 1801 |
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| Value | 7 Black dogs (7⁄72) |
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| Obverse description | Plain silver field bearing two applied countermarks: an rectangular incuse stamp with serrated border in the upper portion of the field inscribed NEVIS in raised Latin letters, and below it a separately punched incuse numeral 7 in the lower central field, denoting the revalued denomination of seven black dogs. The host coin's original design is entirely obliterated beneath the countermarks. |
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| Obverse lettering | NEVIS 7 |
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No coin matching this description — "7 Black Dogs," Nevis, 1801, KM#4 — appears in verified numismatic literature. The "black dog" was a colloquial term for debased billon or low-grade silver coins circulating in the colonial Caribbean, but Nevis had no confirmed independent mint operation producing struck silver coinage in 1801. The island was under British administration and relied primarily on cut and countermarked Spanish colonial currency.
This entry should be verified against Pridmore's Coins of the British Caribbean before cataloging.