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1 Cent Pattern

Features

Issuer French Indochina
Period Third Republic (1870-1940)
Type Patterns
Year 1896
Value 1 Cent (0.01 ICFP)
Currency Piastre (1880-1952)
Composition Silver plated bronze
Diameter 27.5 mm
Shape Round with a round hole
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
429655
References Lec# 48a
Jean Lecompte; 2007. Monnaies et jetons des colonies françaises = Coins and Tokens of the French Colonies (2nd Edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco.
, PCGS# 651240
PCGS CoinFacts (https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts)

Obverse

Lettering and denomination around allegorical figures, mintmark below in exergue.

Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
1
CENT
A

Translation: French Republic

Engraver: Jean-Baptiste-Daniel Dupuis

Reverse

Chinese script inside beaded circle, date below.

Script: Chinese

Lettering:
INDO-CHINE FRANÇAISE
 百
一 之
 分
· 1896 ·

Translation:
French Indochina
One hundredth

Edge

Plain

Mint

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

Mark

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

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1896 A Torch

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