Country:

French Indochina

Series:

1885~1940 - French Administration

Catalog codes:

World Coins km5a.1

Variants:

2

Themes:

Cornucopias (Horn of Plenty) | Faces | Legends | Plants (Flora) | Torches | Women | Wreaths

Issued on:

1895

Last issue date:

1928

Distribution:

Standard Circulation

Mints:

Monnaie de Paris (A), Paris, France

Composition:

Silver

Edge:

Reeded/grained

Orientation:

Coin alignment ↑O↓

Shape:

Circular

Rim:

Raised. Gladiform. Both sides

Weight:

27 grams

Diameter:

39 mm

Thickness:

2.8 mm

Face value:

1 p - French Indochinese piastre

Known mintage:

10,194,000for 1906–RARE!

Composition Details:

900/1000 Silver.7812 oz. ASW 100/1000 Copper

Score:

45% Accuracy: High

Related items:

Coin (Related): Various Piastres (Proof set 1900) (French Indochina, French Indochina)

Description:

Front: (value) PIASTRE DE COMMERCE above mint marks
left: director privy mark (c) cornucopia (Paris)
middle: mintmark (mm): A, Paris, France
right: engravor general (f) fasces (1880-1896)
(t) torch (Henrey Patey, 1896-1930)
inside a wreath of two branches with oak and olive leaves
and spikes at the knot
Legend: (above, colony name) INDO-CHINE FRANÇAISE
(left/right, spacers/dots) •
(below, composition details & weight) TITRE 0,900 POIDS 27 GR.
Back: Sitting woman "Libertine" with fasces above exergue
between (left) plants (crops, right) anchor
(bottom, year) 1895 - 1928
legend: (proprietor, left) REPUBLIQUE (right) FRANÇAISE
designer: (lower-left) BARRE (Jean-Auguste Barre)
Edge: G - grained, type: bars