1793, French West Indies, Guadeloupe. Cu 3 Sols & 9 Deniers Coin. PCGS VG-08/VF!

Mint years: 1767 (host coin) / 1793 (countermark) Mint Place: Paris (host coin) / Guadeloupe (countermark)  Condition: Certified and graded by PCGS as VG08, with a VF countermark! Denomination: 12 Deniers (host coin) / 3 Sols 9 Deniers = 1/4 Escalin (countermark) References: Prid. 15, KM-1 (listed under Guadeloupe, the host coins is listed under  French Colonies Sol of 12 Deniers - KM-6). R! Material: Bronze Diameter: 28mm Weight: 11.9gm

Obverse: Countermark ("RF" in oval incuse countermark) on crowned royal arms (three lis) within wreath. Legend: SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTUM + 1767   Reverse: Two lines of curved legends above two cannons in saltire. Initials (L. XV) of Louis XV split in fields.

During his second trip to America, seeking fresh water in November 1493, Christopher Columbus became the first European to land on Guadeloupe. He called it Santa María de Guadalupe de Extremadura, after the image of the Virgin Mary venerated at the Spanish monastery of Villuercas, in Guadalupe, Extremadura. The expedition set ashore just south of Capesterre and did not leave any settlers ashore.

After successful settlement on the island of St Christophe (St Kitts), the French Company of the American Islands delegated Charles Lienard and Jean Duplessis, Lord of Ossonville to colonize one or any of the region's islands, Guadeloupe, Martinique or Dominica.   Due to Martinique's inhospitable nature, the duo resolved to settle in   Guadeloupe in 1635, took possession of the island, and wiped out many of   the Carib Amerindians. It was annexed to the kingdom of France in 1674.

Over the next century, the island was seized several times by the British. The economy benefited from the lucrative sugar trade introduced during the closing decades of the seventeenth century. One   indication of Guadeloupe's prosperity at this time is that in the Treaty of Paris (1763), France, defeated in war, again, agreed to abandon its territorial claims in Canada if the British returned Guadeloupe, which was captured in 1759.

In 1790, following the outbreak of the French Revolution, the upper classes of Guadeloupe refused to obey the new laws of equal rights for the free colored. They attempted to declare independence, causing a fire to break out in Pointe-à-Pitre  that devastated a third of the town. A struggle between the monarchists   (who wanted independence) and the republicans (who were faithful to   revolutionary France) ensued. It ended with a victory by the   monarchists, who declared independence in 1791. The monarchists refused   to receive the new governor appointed by Paris in 1792. In 1793, a slave   rebellion started, which made the upper classes turn to the British and   ask them to occupy the island.

Guadeloupe  is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres (629 sq. mi). It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe is also one of the 27 regions of France (being an overseas region) and an integral part of the Republic.

As part of France, Guadeloupe is part of the European Union; hence, as for most EU countries, its currency is the euro. However, Guadeloupe is not part of the Schengen Area. The prefecture and the capital of Guadeloupe is Basse-Terre. Christopher Columbus named the island Santa María de Guadalupe in 1493 after the Virgin Mary, venerated in the Spanish town of Guadalupe, in Extremadura.