1 Piastre Pattern

Obverse

Wolność siedząca po lewej z fasces

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
BARRE
1879

Engraver: Jean-Auguste Barre

Reverse

Nominał w wieńcu

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
COCHINCHINE FRANÇAISE
ESSAI
PIASTRE DE COMMERCE
TITRE 0,900
POIDS 27,215

Engraver: Jean-Auguste Barre

Edge

Trzcina

Mint

Mark

Jean-Auguste Barre, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1879)

Comments

Cochinchinese piastre została wybita ze względu na popyt w celach handlowych, jako konkurent dla różnych zagranicznych srebrnych dolarów handlowych krążących w Azji Wschodniej w tym czasie w handlu. Utworzenie francuskich Indochin w 1885 r. po kampanii tonkińskiej i wojnie chińsko-francuskiej wyeliminowało zapotrzebowanie na piastry cochinchijskie (z legendą "Indochine Française"), co wyjaśnia rzadkość tych monet, znanych dziś tylko jako essais. Moneta z 1885 roku została wykonana na polerowanej planszecie i wypuszczona podczas wystawy w Antwerpii w 1885 roku. (Źródło: Monnaies et jetons des colonies françaises, Ed. Gadoury)

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

The Cochinchinese piastre was struck due to demand for trading purposes, as a competitor for the various foreign silver trade dollars circulating in East Asia at the time in commerce. The creation of French Indochina in 1885 after the Tonkin Campaign and the Sino-French war removed the need for Cochinchinese piastres (with the legend becoing "Indochine Française" instead, which explains the rarity of these coins, known only as essais today. The 1885 mintage was created on a polished planchet and released during the Antwerp Exposition of 1885. (Source : Monnaies et jetons des colonies françaises, Ed. Gadoury)

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• 1 Piastre
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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC				Frequency
Undetermined
1879			12 500									(en) KM#E13		50%
1879 A			14 500									(en) KM#E12		33%
1884 A			16 000									(en) KM#E14		17%

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Numista Rarity index: 91

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Bullion value: USD 54.26

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Actual srebro weight: 0.787 oz

Current srebro price: 68.90 USD/oz (see silver price )

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