Decaen piastre
The Decaen piastre was a coin that Governor
Île of France in 1810. He entrusted the coining to the artist "sieur Aveline", who designed the coins and whose name appears on them.[1] The coins are of 10 livres and dated 1810; they were referred to as Piastres
Decaen.
The silver for the coining came from 200 to 230,000
Straits of Malacca
on 20 October 1809.
References
- ^ Spink & Son (January 1901) The Numismatic Circular and Catalogue of Coins, Tokens, Commemorative & War Medals, Books & Cabinets, Vol. 9, №4415.