Sapeque Pattern
Features
| Issuer |
French Indochina
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Third Republic (1870-1940)
|
| Type | Patterns |
| Year | 1887 |
| Value | 1 Sapeque (0.002 ICFP) |
| Currency | Piastre (1880-1952) |
| Composition | Zinc |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 407468 |
| References | Lec Indo# 4 Jean Lecompte; 2013. Monnaies et jetons de l'Indochine Française = Coins and Tokens of the French Indochina. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco.PCGS CoinFacts (https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts) , Gad 1789# 4 Éditions Victor Gadoury (publisher). Monnaies françaises (Gadoury). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco (9 volumes). |
Obverse
Lettering in Chinese around square hole
Script: Chinese
Lettering:
南安之法國大
當二
Translation:
French Annam
Worth two
Engraver: Jean-Auguste Barre
Reverse
Lettering in Chinese around square hole
Script: Chinese
Lettering:
南安之法國大
當二
Translation:
French Annam
Worth two
Engraver: Jean-Auguste Barre
Edge
Plain
Mint
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)Comments
The KM catalog erroneously identifies this type as a 2 Sapèque coin. Consequently, many auction houses also call it 2 Sapèque.
The legislation authorizing this type specifies a 1 Sapèque coin of value 2/1000 piastre, with no mention of 2 Sapèque.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (1887) | |||||||||||||||
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