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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 Srebro niklowe
Weight 2.15 g
Diameter 20 mm
Thickness 1 mm
Shape Szesnastokątna
Technique Frezowana
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
21090
References KM# E1
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).
, Lec Indo# 1
Jean Lecompte; 2013. Monnaies et jetons de l'Indochine Française = Coins and Tokens of the French Indochina. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco.
, PCGS# 516044
PCGS CoinFacts (https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts)
, Gad 1789# 1
Éditions Victor Gadoury (publisher). Monnaies françaises (Gadoury). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco (9 volumes).
, VG# 4063
Victor Guilloteau. Monnaies françaises (Guilloteau). Paris, France (2 volumes).

Obverse

Napis wokół kwadratowego otworu, data poniżej.Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
INDO-CHINE FRANÇAISE
-1887-

Engraver: Jean-Auguste Barre

Reverse

Napis w języku chińskim wokół kwadratowego otworuAutomatically translated

Script: chiński

Lettering:
南安之法國大
當二

Engraver: Jean-Auguste Barre

Edge

ZwykłyAutomatically translated

Mint

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

Mark

Fasces Jean Lagrange, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1880-1896)

Comments

(en) 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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