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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 3053043, member: 57463&quot;]Nice little coin. The colony was sold to the USA in 1917 for several reasons. With the abolition of slavery in 1848, DWI stopped being economically viable and as a crown colony required support from the national treasury. Population declined. The USA wanted the islands to firm up defenses against German submarines (immediately) and to further secure US domination in the Caribbean along with the Canal Zone and Puerto Rico.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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