Summary
1/2 Guilder, Issued by Essequibo & Demerary (Demerara), British Guiana (now Guyana), 1835
Minted by Royal Mint, London
Obverse Description
Head of the King facing right; around, GULIELMUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F:D:
Reverse Description
Within an open wreath of oak, 1/2; above, a crown; around, UNITED COLONY OF DEMERARY & ESSEQUIBO 1835
Edge Description
Plain
Significance
In 1825 as part of an Empire wide move to have British coins used, Imperial silver coins were sent to these colonies. These soon disapeared from circulation as did the Spanish dollar coins. In 1831 Berbice was joined with Demerary and Essequibo to form the Colony of British Guiana although the coinage did not reflect this until 1836. The guilder coins went out of use after the dollar and its cent were adopted in 1839.
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), A.H. Baldwin & Son Ltd, 15 Mar 1976
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Date Issued
1835 AD
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Material
Silver
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Axis
12
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Classification
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Type of item
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Dimensions
20 mm (Outside Diameter), 3.852 g (Weight)
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Shape
Round
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References
KM#18 Pridmore 18
[Book] Pridmore, Fred. 1965. The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations, Part 3, West Indies.
[Book] Bruce, Colin R. 2006. Standard Catalogue of World Coins 1801 - 1900.
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