Sapeque Pattern
Features
| Issuer |
French Indochina
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Third Republic (1870-1940)
|
| Type | Patterns |
| Year | 1888 |
| Value | 1 Sapeque (0.002 ICFP) |
| Currency | Piastre (1880-1952) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Diameter | 20 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 429522 |
| References | Lec Indo# 5a 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) |
Obverse
Lettering around square hole
Script: Latin
Lettering:
INDO-CHINE FRANÇAISE
A
1888
Translation: French Indochina
Engraver: Jean-Auguste Barre
Reverse
Chinese lettering 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
 (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
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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