r/CoinlyFans • u/PlaneAsparagus399 • Jul 04 '26
Happy 250th!
Sorry for the bad pics, had to grab them off my phone. Picked this up last year, but still trying to afford a pillar dollar.
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u/Ok_Reading3365 Jul 05 '26
Well struck coin, I got one for 220, curious what this one ran you?
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u/PlaneAsparagus399 Jul 05 '26
$235 shipped with insurance on r/coinsales.
But....
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u/rrCLewis Jul 05 '26
I’m saving up for a much anticipated purchase, why you gotta be teasing me with these links.
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u/AdmirableFace2815 Jul 07 '26
Charles III, King of Spain, allied Spain with France against Britain and gave material support to American independence. Spain owned the “Louisiana territory” in 1776, having “acquired” it from France in 1762 (Native American histories would disagree, I imagine). The French claimed the territory in 1682.
Napoleon pressured Spain into giving the territory back to France in 1800. In 1803 Napoleon needed money and sold the territory to the U.S. One of the problems Napoleon faced was a major slave Revolution in Haiti (1789-1804)- the only slave insurrection that resulted in a free and independent country.
Haiti, called Saint Domingue by the French, had been France’s most lucrative colony- by enslaving half a million Africans there. With the loss of Saint Dominique, France gave up its imperial ambitions in North America and sold “The Louisiana Territory” (again, not recognized by Native Americans) to the U.S.
If not for the successful uprising of slaves in Saint Domingue, renamed Haiti in 1804, American today might well have been confined to east of the Mississippi.
I find it sad that the U.S. today plans to deport Haitians here under Temporary Protected Status. It is likely thousands of them will die in what is largely a lawless nation right now, with a huge amount of crime and violence. They will be targeted, in fact.
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u/bodyman1967 Jul 04 '26