ILES DE FRANCE AND BONAPARTE - Lot 272

ILES DE FRANCE AND BONAPARTE Mauritius and Reunion Island (Bourbon Island) ILES DE FRANCE - AND BONAPARTE. Eagle standing on a thunderbolt, wings outstretched head to the right, surmounted by a crown. crown. Below, AVELINE. R/. In the field, TEN BOOKS in two lines lines within a laurel wreath. Below, R/, vintage. Oblique striated edge. ♦ VG 2290; Dav 37; Lecompte 14 Piastre d'argent de 10 Livres dit Piastre Decaen 1810 Port Louis (26.86 g). Rare in this state of preservation. Very beautiful. Named after General Governor Charles Decaen (1769-1832), these coins were produced in response to decrees issued by General Decaen in the Code des Îles de France et de la Réunion. They were minted from silver ingots recovered from the Ouvidor, a Dutch ship captured in the Straits of Malacca on October 20, 1809 by the French privateer "l'Entreprenant" under Captain Pierre Bouvet de Maisonneuve.