Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jimski, post: 2871017, member: 77373&quot;]Essequibo and Demarary, one stiver minted at the Tower Hill Mint, London with steam powered presses.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]686099[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]686101[/ATTACH] </p><p>From <a href="http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins?main_coin=17639" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins?main_coin=17639" rel="nofollow">http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins?main_coin=17639</a></p><p><br /></p><p><i>The country we call Guyana today was originally three Dutch colonies: from west to east, they were Essequibo, Demerara and Berbice, named after the rivers which ran through them. For several years control of the area alternated between the Netherlands and Great Britain, with influence from France. Finally, in 1814, the Dutch formally ceded the colonies to Britain, in exchange for having Dutch Guiana returned to it. This history is reflected in this coinage: in 1813, the British are firmly in control and the British king&#039;s portrait appears on the obverse of &#039;stiver&#039; coinage, while the denomination &#039;stuiver&#039; had been used by the Netherlands for centuries.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><i>In 1813 Essequibo and Demerary issued one stiver and half stiver copper coins.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>From: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiver" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiver" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiver</a></p><p><br /></p><p><i>The word stiver is derived from the Dutch Stuiver. It was a currency denomination in use in Ceylon from 1801 until 1821. It was also a denomination that formed part of the currency system of Demerara-Essequibo (later British Guiana, now Guyana).</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in