French Indochina 1886-A cent
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This specimen was lot 74984 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRENCH INDO-CHINA. Centime, 1886-A. Paris Mint. PCGS MS-63 Red Brown." This type was struck in Paris 1885-94 in substantial numbers and this is a 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 It superseded a type struck for French Cochin China.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: 1,882,541.
Specification: 10 g, bronze, 31 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-1; Lec-38.
- 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, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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