French Indochina 1897-A cent
This specimen was lot 72413 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $95. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRENCH INDO-CHINA. Cent, 1897-A. Paris Mint. PCGS MS-65 Red Brown Gold Shield. A vibrant specimen, this Gem offers dazzling mint red luster and a high degree of radiating brilliance." 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: 11,055,000.
Specification: 7.51 g, bronze, 27.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 8; Lec-52; Gad-7.
- 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 June 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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