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750 Francs - L`île de Marie-Galante
| Issuer | Guadeloupe |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Currency | New franc (1960-2001) |
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| Reverse description | Full-rigged three-masted sailing vessel, identified by the italic inscription Marigalante in the upper right field, depicted under sail upon stylized waves within a central circular field bordered by a rope-style inner ring. The circular legend LE DEUXIEME VOYAGE DE CHRISTOPHE COLOMB arcs around the upper portion of the field. The denomination 750f appears in the lower exergue, flanked by decorative stops, with the engraver's monogram ВБ visible at the lower right of the inner field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Marie-Galante, the largest of Guadeloupe's outer islands at roughly 158 square kilometers, was among the first Caribbean territories claimed by France — Columbus named it in 1493 after his flagship, the Santa María la Galante. It remained almost exclusively a sugar economy well into the twentieth century, with more windmills per square kilometer at its peak than nearly anywhere in the Atlantic world.
Guadeloupe issues coins under a French territorial arrangement but holds no independent monetary authority; these pieces circulate as collectibles rather than legal tender in any practical sense.