French Indochina 1896-A cent
This specimen was lot 22637 in Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRENCH INDO-CHINA. Cent, 1896-A. PCGS MS-65 RB Secure Holder. Struck in bronze. Sharply struck with considerable mint red." This type was struck 1896-1906 and replaced a design without a center hole. The diameter was reduced in 1908. This date is listed as common in all grades. French Indochina was occupied by the Japanese in 1940. French attempts to reoccupy the area after World War Two were challenged by Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh, leading to French defeat and withdrawal in 1954. The colony was divided into Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
Recorded mintage: 5,690,000.
Specification: 7.51 g, bronze, 27.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-8; Gad-7; Lec-50.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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