I believe that Denmark should be the origin country for this coin. Not the USA.

Discussion about Danish West Indies • 5 Cents - Frederik VII

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Denmark controlled the Islands during the time that Subject coin was minted (1859) by the Royal Danish Mint (Den Kongelige Mønt), Copenhagen, Denmark (1739-date).  The islands were eventually sold to the United States for $25 million which took over the administration on 31 March 1917 and renamed the territory the United States Virgin Islands.

Well… I think the catalogue does not claim those islands were US Virgin Islands at that time, but nowadays.  

 

The same happens with a lot of territories. Mexico was part of the Spanish Empire until 1821, even tough all the coins before that date are located in Mexico section, not in Spain:

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/mexique-1.html

 

Or India, before becoming independent in 1947, and so on:

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?e=inde_britannique&r=&st=1-2&cat=y&im1=&im2=&ru=&ie=&no=&v=&cu=&a=&dg=&i=&b=&m=&f=&t=&t2=&w=&mt=&u=&c=&wi=&sw=

Danish West Indies should NOT be under the U.S.A. at all!

 

The same thing applies to Hawaii as well.

 

Aidan.

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Danish West Indies should NOT be under the U.S.A. at all!

 

The same thing applies to Hawaii as well.

 

Aidan.

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https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/european-overseas-colonies-and-their-colonizers?time=1673

 

I suggest beginning the graph at 1462. Very informative yet just the European Colonizers and their endless wars and territorial claims. Now Asia, Russia, and others.

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