1789 Colonial Rum Slave Trade Caribbean Black Dog Coin

[gravediggermax-vabeachva]

Hit two beaches today, one was oceanfront and the other was back at the rocks.
Pickings were slow, but I did find my oldest and best coin ever, so I had a great day today.
Read this, my buddy sharkhunter bob found it for me while I was searching google. This is it.
1789 Colonial Rum Slave Trade Caribbean Black Dog Coin
Description:
1789 A French Colonial Coin used in the Triangle Rum / Slave / 13 Colonies Trade. New England sea merchants brought slaves from Africa to work on the Caribbean sugarcane plantations.
Molasses was then shipped to the 13 Colonies and made into rum. The first US Colonial rum distillery was in Staten Island, New York in 1664. Three years later, Boston set up their own distilleries.
Rum manufacturing was the NUMBER ONE industry in Colonial New England for years. Rhode Island rum was at one time accept as currency in Europe along with Gold!
Some historians speculate that the Sugar Act of 1763, passed by England to tax colonial molasses, was the beginning of Colonial rules or laws that led to Rebellion, the War for American Independence.
This coin was minted at the Paris Mint, thus the A mintmark. These coins were struck over previously issued French Sou Marques, also wafer thin.
Both the Sou Maruqe coin and the Cayenne 2 Sous coins were struck in billon silver, which is about 22% silver and the rest copper. Over 99% of the Cayenne 2 Sous you see today only show copper, with the small silver content worn off over the last 200+ years.
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Video is like:…8 mins +
Some pics also.
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In good condition it would look like this:
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[DewGuru]

Now THAT is a sweet find - WTG!!

[goodmore]

Nice one Max. Goes to show you never can be sure what the hell will end up in your scoop.

[Terry Soloman]

What a heart pumper!!!!! Congratulations Max!!!!

[Aurora64blue]

Congrats Max on a great find.

Sure beats my best find by 44 years.

Ralph

[OBN]

Nice find Max, and the Kewl is you got it on Video!! That would be a beach I'd be checking out after some good wave action, just might be a good old bottle of rum after the next storm!....thanks for sharing..............

[gravediggermax-vabeachva]

heading over to coin shop now

if coin is copper it might just be one of these:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1789-French-...item5d315108db

if silver, might be slave coin
advise soon

[gravediggermax-vabeachva]

1789 (A) French Guiana (Colony of Cayenne) 2 Sous coin

• Mint Year: 1789
• Denomination: 2 Sous
• Country: French Guiana (Colony of Cayenne)
• Diameter: 22 mm
• Material: Bronze

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[OBN]

Kewl, I would mark this location...........any ship wrecks in the area? or other history? or even dredging........

[gravediggermax-vabeachva]

dredging.......as in beach replenishment earlier 2000's.........shear blind luck..........

[Bobbie]

I am really liking that ticket......real cool find. You need to visit that beach more often, one never knows what is lurking in those sands.

[baywalker]

You have got to wonder where that sand was dug from ,great find Max.

Jonnie

[gold nuggets]

Excellent finds Max and a great video....
Congrats on the "oldies" Gold Nuggets