Sapèque Essai; No hole; with "ESSAI"
Features
| Issuer |
French Cochinchina
(Vietnam)  |
|---|---|
| Period |
Third Republic (1870-1940)
|
| Type | Patterns |
| Year | 1879 |
| Value | 1 Sapeque (0.002) |
| Currency | Piastre (1878-1885) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 2 g |
| Diameter | 20 mm |
| Thickness | 0.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 120484 |
| References | KM# E3 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Obverse
Lettering around central square (not perforated)
Script: Latin
Lettering:
COCHINCHINE FRANÇAISE
1879
Translation: French Cochinchina
Engraver: Jean-Auguste Barre
Reverse
Chinese lettering around central square (nt perforated)
Script: Chinese
Lettering:
南安之 國法大
當
二
ESSAI
Translation:
French Cochinchina
Worth two
Trial
Engraver: Jean-Auguste Barre
Edge
Plain
Mint
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)Marks
 |
Désiré-Albert Barre, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1855-1878) |
 |
Jean-Auguste Barre, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1879) |
Comments
Differs from KM#E5 by not having mintmark on obverse, and having word "ESSAI" reverse.
The Chinese text has an incomplete value. It could be interpreted as “worth two cash/dongs” (ten cash in a cent, two dongs in a Sapèque) or “worth 2/1000 Piastre”.
The Chinese text has an incomplete value. It could be interpreted as “worth two cash/dongs” (ten cash in a cent, two dongs in a Sapèque) or “worth 2/1000 Piastre”.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1879 | |
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