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¼ Escalin
| Issuer | Tortuga Island |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Value | ¼ Escalin |
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| Reverse description | A three-masted square-rigged sailing vessel under full sail occupies the left and upper portions of the field, rendered in low relief above stylized waves. A fish is depicted in the lower field beneath the vessel. The denomination '1/4' appears in large numerals to the right, with the currency name 'escalin' inscribed below in the right field. |
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| Mintage | 2012 |
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Tortuga Island has no functioning government mint, no independent monetary authority, and no history of issuing coinage. This piece is a modern fantasy strike — produced for the collector market under the romantic weight of the island's 17th-century buccaneer associations, not as any form of circulating currency. The escalin was a real colonial denomination used in French Caribbean territories, which lends just enough historical plausibility to make the series marketable.