French Cochin China 1875-K sapeque

from the Mountain Groan Collection

Cochin China, the French name for the part of Vietnam around the Mekong delta and Saigon, was conquered by them in the 1860's. Coins were issued for the colony in 1879 and 1884-85 before the region was reorganized as French Indochina in 1885. This sapeque, or one-fifth of a cent, was punched from a French 1875-K one centime of the Bordeaux mint.

Recorded mintage: 10,000.

Specification: bronze, originally 1 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Gadoury, Victor, and George Cousinié, Monnaies Coloniales Françaises, 1670-1988, 2me Éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 1988.

Link to:

• France 1875-K centime
• French Cochin China 1879-A 50 cent
• Coins and currency dated 1875
• return to coins of French Indo-China