French Indochina 1885-A cent
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This specimen was lot 41222 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRENCH INDO-CHINA. Centime, 1885-A. Paris Mint. PCGS MS-62 Brown." This type was struck in Paris 1885-94 in substantial numbers and this is the most common date. It superseded a type struck for French Cochin China. Japan occupied the colony during World War Two and the French were never able to regain control thereafter. It is now Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
Recorded mintage: 3,673,000 plus proofs.
Specification: 10 g, bronze, 31 mm diameter, designed by Barré.
Catalog reference: KM-1; Lec-37.
- Gadoury, Victor, and George Cousinié, Monnaies Coloniales Françaises, 1670-1988, 2me Éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 1988.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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