The Saint Lucia livre was a French colonial currency, distinguished by the use of various cut Spanish and Spanish colonial coins.
These were made from sixths, quarters, thirds, and halves of 8 reales coins, on to which the letters "SL" were counterstamped.
The first two were made from quarters and thirds of 2 reales coins, whilst the higher two denominations were made from quarters and thirds of 4 reales coins.
These coins were produced by cutting 8 reales coins into three parts, with the two outer parts, each consisting of one fifth of the coin, making the 3 escalins, and the central part, consisting of three-fifths, making the 9 escalins.
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