10 Cents

Features

Issuer	French Indochina
Period	Third Republic (1870-1940)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1898-1919
Value	10 Cents (0.10 ICFP)
Currency	Piastre (1880-1952)
Composition	Silver (.835)
Weight	2.7 g
Diameter	19 mm
Thickness	1.3 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 11280
References	KM# 9 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Obverse

Marianne seated left, three-quarters facing, radiate and draped, holding a lictor's fasces, leaning on a rudder and an anchor; in front of her a rice field., date in exergue.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
1899
BARRE

Translation: French Republic

Engraver: Jean-Auguste Barre

Reverse

Denomination within wreath

Script: Latin

Lettering:
· INDO-CHINE FRANÇAISE ·
TITRE 0,835 . POIDS 2 GR.7
10
CENT.
A

Translation:
French Indochina
0.835 purity, 2.7 grams

Engraver: Jean-Auguste Barre

Edge

Reeded

Mint

(A)	Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Mark

Henri-Auguste-Jules Patey, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1896-1930)

Comments

FRENCH INDOCHINA(4/09/1870-10/07/1940)French Indochina is a part of the former French colonial empire, a creation of the colonial administration, grouping together several territories: the protectorates of Tonkin and Annam and the colony of Cochinchina, grouped together from 1949 within the State of Vietnam, the French protectorate of Laos and the French protectorate of Cambodia.
The Indochinese Union was created by the union of different territories of Southeast Asia colonized or passed under French protectorate during the 19th century. In the 20th century, the various Vietnamese independence movements gained in power: during the Second World War, the weakening of the metropolis and the occupation of Indochina by the Empire of Japan, put an end to the French colonial administration on March 9, 1945 (in July 1945 in Cochinchina). The power vacuum at the end of the war allowed the Viet Minh, a Vietnamese independence movement led by the Indochinese Communist Party, to seize the north of the country. Attempts at conciliation and reform of the status of Indochina failed and led to the Indochina War in 1946. Faced with the political and military impasse, France had to abandon Indochina, whose Vietnamese, Laotian, and Cambodian components saw their independence recognized by the Geneva Accords of 1954, which also formalized the partition of Vietnam, as the Americans and the Chinese had wished.

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Date	Mintage	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1898 A	500 000						(fr) Lec#140	4%
1899 A	4 100 000	$ 16	$ 16	$ 16	$ 22	$ 40	(fr) Lec#141	20%
1900 A	3 600 000		$ 20	$ 20	$ 25		(fr) Lec#142	25%
1900 A	100						Proof	0.7%
1901 A	2 950 000	$ 12	$ 12			$ 110	(fr) Lec#144	17%
1902 A	7 050 000						(fr) Lec#145	16%
1903 A	1 300 000						(fr) Lec#146	7%
1908 A	1 000 000						(fr) Lec#147	4%
1909 A	1 000 000						(fr) Lec#148	5%
1910 A	2 689 161						(fr) Lec#149	10%
1911 A	2 310 839					$ 370	(fr) Lec#150	8%
1912 A	2 500 000						(fr) Lec#151	10%
1913 A	4 846 605		$ 15				(fr) Lec#152	13%
1914 A	2 667 393		$ 17			$ 590	(fr) Lec#153	9%
1916 A	2 000 000		$ 12	$ 16			(fr) Lec#154	9%
1917 A	1 500 000						(fr) Lec#155	6%
1919 A	1 500 000						(fr) Lec#156	6%

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Bullion value: USD 5.27 Search tips

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Actual silver weight: 0.072 oz

Current silver price: 72.73 USD/oz (see silver price

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Heritage Auctions Wednesday & Thursday World & Ancient Coins Weekly Online Auction 232022 Lot 64304	27 May 2020	1899 A – (fr) Lec#141	UNC (PCGS MS64)	USD 264.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 194 Lot 1106	15 May 2026	1899 A – (fr) Lec#141	XF	USD 15.08 (EUR 13.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Heritage Auctions Wednesday & Thursday World & Ancient Coins Weekly Online Auction 232106 Lot 62387	10 Feb 2021	1900 A – (fr) Lec#142	UNC (PCGS MS65)	USD 576.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	Katz Auction 77 Lot 20	11 Feb 2023	1900 A – (fr) Lec#142	AU	USD 29.00 (EUR 25.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 146 Lot 2863	14 Dec 2024	1900 A – (fr) Lec#142	XF	USD 23.20 (EUR 20.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 138 Lot 2622	27 Sep 2024	1900 A – (fr) Lec#142	XF	USD 38.27 (EUR 33.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 86 Lot 1923	10 Jun 2023	1900 A – (fr) Lec#142	XF	USD 11.60 (EUR 10.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Heritage Auctions 2019 April 25 - 29 Central States World Coins & Ancient Coins Signature Auction - Chicago 3073 Lot 30968	29 Apr 2019	1900 A – Proof	UNC (PCGS PR64)	USD 3000.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
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	Heritage Auctions Wednesday & Thursday World & Ancient Coins Select Auction 232516 Lot 63106	10 Apr 2025	1901 A – (fr) Lec#144	UNC (ANACS MS63)	USD 109.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	Heritage Auctions Wednesday & Thursday World & Ancient Coins Select Auction 232228 Lot 62451	7 Jul 2022	1901 A – (fr) Lec#144	UNC (NGC MS64)	USD 144.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
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