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1 Stampee Type II
| Emittent | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
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| Jahr | 1797-1818 |
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| Material | Billon |
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| Reversbeschreibung | Retrograde cursive 'S' visible in raised relief within a rectangular incuse counterstamp punch, representing the mirror impression of the obverse counterstamp as it was driven through the host coin's planchet. The surrounding field is plain and heavily worn, consistent with the host coin's original reverse design having been largely effaced. This incuse reverse impression is characteristic of the Type II Saint Vincent stampee counterstamp series applied to circulating Spanish colonial or other silver host coinage. |
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| Reverslegende | Host coin |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
The stampee was a cut and countermarked fragment of Spanish colonial silver, deliberately debased by alloying or simply worn beyond recovery, pressed into service during a chronic small-change shortage that plagued the British Caribbean throughout the late eighteenth century. Saint Vincent's monetary situation was particularly acute — the island's plantation economy generated substantial trade but almost no reliable petty coinage, forcing colonial authorities to authorize these makeshift billon pieces rather than wait on London's chronically slow supply responses. The Type II designation distinguishes a second countermark application, suggesting at least some of these pieces were re-validated after initial circulation.