French Indochina 1894-A 50 cent

Steve Album sale 38, lot 1324

This specimen was lot 1324 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRENCH INDOCHINA: AR 50 cents, 1894-A, iridescent toning, VF." This fifty cent piece is one of a type issued for French Indo-China during 1885-95. The next year, the weight was reduced to 13.5 g.

Recorded mintage: 100,000.

Specification: 13.61 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-4.

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.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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