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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clinker, post: 799836, member: 6229&quot;]<font face="Arial">You&#039;ve heard about Guadeloupe and it being a double-island entity among a group of islands known as the Leeward Islands which, in and of themselves, are a part of the West Indies. You probably also know, though Columbus discovered Guadeloupe in 1493, it was settled by two Frenchmen, became a territory of the French Union in 1946, and in 1958 voted to become a member of the French Community.</font></p><p><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Arial">During Guadeloupe&#039;s existance as a viable world entity, it authorized two issues of two coins (50 Centimes and a 1 Franc) for circulation. They were issued in 1903 and 1921. Here&#039;s photos courtesy of Don&#039;s World Coin Gallery:</font></p><p><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u>50 Centimes:</u></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u>&nbsp;</u></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u></u></b><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_vs.php?image=nmc/225-45&amp;desc=Guadeloupe%20km45%2050%20Centimes%20(1903,1921)&amp;query=Guadeloupe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_vs.php?image=nmc/225-45&amp;desc=Guadeloupe%20km45%2050%20Centimes%20(1903,1921)&amp;query=Guadeloupe" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_vs.php?image=nmc/225-45&amp;desc=Guadeloupe km45 50 Centimes (1903,1921)&amp;query=Guadeloupe</a></font></p><p><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u>1 Franc:</u></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u>&nbsp;</u></b></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u></u></b><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img10/225-46&amp;desc=Guadeloupe%20km46%201%20Franc%20(1903,1921)&amp;query=Guadeloupe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img10/225-46&amp;desc=Guadeloupe%20km46%201%20Franc%20(1903,1921)&amp;query=Guadeloupe" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img10/225-46&amp;desc=Guadeloupe km46 1 Franc (1903,1921)&amp;query=Guadeloupe</a></font></p><p><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Arial">Be it known, for those of you who collect Essais and/or pieforts, the following were struck:</font></p><p><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Arial"><u>A. Essais 1903</u></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><u><br /></u> </font></p><p><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Arial">1. 50 Centimes in cupronickle 2. 50 Centimes in silver</font></p><p><font face="Arial">3. 1 Franc in cupronickle</font></p><p><font face="Arial">4. 1 Franc in silver</font></p><p><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Arial"><u> </u></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><u>B. Pieforts 1903</u></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><u><br /></u> </font></p><p><font face="Arial">1. 50 Centimes cupronnickle</font></p><p><font face="Arial">2. 1 Franc cupronickle</font></p><p><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Arial"><u>C. Essai 1921</u></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><u>&nbsp;</u></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><u></u>1. 1 Franc bronze</font></p><p><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Arial">Be it further known in 2004 France struck proof Essais Euro coins (non circulation):</font></p><p><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Arial">2000 1/4 Euro in silver (0.2505 oz. ASW)</font></p><p><font face="Arial">2000 1 1/2 Euro in silver (1.0149 oz ASW)</font></p><p><font face="Arial">300 20 Euro in gold (0.2505 AGW)</font></p><p><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Arial">Here&#039;s a photo courtesy of Joel Anderson of the 1/4 Euro silver proof Essai:</font></p><p><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.joelscoins.com/images/guadel14er.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.joelscoins.com/images/guadel14er.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.joelscoins.com/images/guadel14er.jpg</a> </font></p><p><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Arial">Here&#039;s Joel&#039;s photo of the 1 1/2 Euro silver proof Essai:</font></p><p><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.joelscoins.com/images/guadeloupe112er.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.joelscoins.com/images/guadeloupe112er.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.joelscoins.com/images/guadeloupe112er.jpg</a></font></p><p><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Arial">Here&#039;s Joel&#039;s photo of the gold 20 Euro proof Essai:</font></p><p><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.joelscoins.com/images/guad20er.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.joelscoins.com/images/guad20er.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.joelscoins.com/images/guad20er.jpg</a></font></p><p><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Arial">Hope you enjoyed this post...</font></p><p><font face="Arial">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font face="Arial">Clinker</font></p><p><font face="Arial"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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