5 Cents

Features

Issuer	French Indochina
Period	Vichy France (1940-1944)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1943
Value	5 Cents (0.05 ICFP)
Currency	Piastre (1880-1952)
Composition	Aluminium
Weight	0.7 g
Diameter	20.5 mm
Thickness	1.15 mm
Shape	Round with a round hole
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 10588
References	KM# 27 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Lec# 122, 124 Jean Lecompte; 2007. Monnaies et jetons des colonies françaises = Coins and Tokens of the French Colonies (2^nd Edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco.

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Obverse

Sprigs either side of centre hole, date below

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ETAT
FRANÇAIS
1943

Translation: French State

Reverse

Denomination above centre hole

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Cent.
5 =
INDOCHINE

Translation: Indochina

Edge

Plain

Mint

Hanoi, Vietnam

Comments

Edge exists in reeded, smooth, grooved, and partially grooved according to Krause.

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Date	Mintage	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1943	10 000 000	$ 0.35	$ 3.30	$ 3.30	$ 3.30	$ 5.20	Lec# 122; smooth edge; Hanoi Mint	58%
1943		$ 0.16	$ 2.30	$ 3.80	$ 5.90	$ 7.50	Lec# 124; grooved edge	39%
1943						$ 8.20	partially grooved edge	6%
1943							reeded edge	3%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 194 Lot 1119	15 May 2026	Undetermined	UNC	USD 5.80 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 166 Lot 1836	16 Aug 2025	Undetermined	UNC	USD 11.61 (EUR 10.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 154 Lot 1851	12 Apr 2025	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 141 Lot 3235	25 Oct 2024	Undetermined	UNC	USD 16.25 (EUR 14.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 126 Lot 1589	18 May 2024	Undetermined	UNC	USD 10.45 (EUR 9.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 103 Lot 1879	9 Dec 2023	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 84 Lot 1641	27 May 2023	Undetermined	UNC	USD 5.80 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 86 Lot 1934	10 Jun 2023	Undetermined	AU	USD 15.09 (EUR 13.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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