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These fabricated denominations listed in another Krause & Mishler catalog as well as in the coin catalog Unusual World Coins (which includes fantasy coins) are 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 cent, 1 ⁄ 4, 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 dollar from the US, 1 ⁄ 8 and 1 ⁄ 4 dollar from the British West Indies' anchor coinage, British farthings, 1 ⁄ 2 and 6 pence, 1 shilling ...
The Danish West Indies (Danish: Dansk Vestindien) or Danish Virgin Islands (Danish: Danske Jomfruøer) or Danish Antilles were a Danish colony in the Caribbean, consisting of the islands of Saint Thomas with 83 square kilometres (32 sq mi), Saint John (Danish: St. Jan) with 49 square kilometres (19 sq mi), Saint Croix with 220 square kilometres (85 sq mi), and Water Island.
The French West Indies or French Antilles (French: Antilles françaises, [ɑ̃tij fʁɑ̃sɛːz]; Antillean Creole: Antiy fwansé) are the parts of France located in the Antilles islands of the Caribbean: The two overseas departments of: Guadeloupe, including the islands of Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Les Saintes, Marie-Galante, and La Désirade.
Denmark–Norway acquired the island of St. Thomas in 1671 [3] and St. Jan (now St. John) in 1718, and bought St. Croix from France in 1733. All of the islands' economies were based primarily on sugar. These islands were known as the Danish West Indies and were eventually sold to the United States in 1917 for 25 million dollars. [3]
An estimated 300 enslaved people escaped to Puerto Rico from the Danish West Indies through these means. [37] By 1778, it was estimated that 3,000 enslaved Africans had been brought to the Danish West Indies yearly. [38] In 1789, enslaved people constituted 88% of the islands' population.
English: Islands in the West Indies in 1796: "The map is colour coded to show which European country controlled which colonies. The British colonies have pink around their borders, the French blue and the Spanish yellow."
The British invaded the Danish West Indies again in December 1807. A British fleet captured St. Thomas on 22 December and St. Croix on 25 December. Denmark-Norway did not resist and the invasion again was bloodless. This occupation lasted until 20 November 1815. Both invasions were due to Denmark's alliance with France during the Napoleonic ...
The Treaty of the Danish West Indies was signed on August 4, 1916, [27] [28] with a referendum on the sale held in Denmark in December 1916 in which voters approved the decision to sell. The deal was finalized on January 17, 1917, when the United States and Denmark exchanged their respective treaty ratifications.