French Cochin China 1884-A 20 cent
This specimen was lot 71478 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $312. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRENCH COCHIN CHINA. 20 Cents, 1884-A. Paris Mint. PCGS AU-55 Gold Shield. A handsome lightly circulated example from this popular series displaying light attractive tone on the obverse while the reverse exhibits a more richer coloration." 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.
Recorded mintage: 320,000.
Specification: 5.44 g, 0.900 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Lec-22; KM-5.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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