French Indochina 1914-A 10 cents
This specimen was lot 42831 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2019), where it sold for $312. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRENCH INDO-CHINA. 10 Centimes, 1914-A. PCGS MS-65 Gold Shield. An absolute knock out coin aesthetically, with bright vivid pastel toning and nearly white centers. One of the prettiest examples of the issue regardless of grade." This type was issued from the Paris mint 1898-1919 and superseded a similar design of 0.900 fineness (KM 2) issued 1885-97. Billon coins with this design (KM 16) were minted 1920-31. The date is not rare tho better than the common dates, 1902 and 1913.
Recorded mintage: 2,667,000, a slightly better date.
Specification: 2.7 g, 0.835 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-9; Gad-17; Lec-153.
- 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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, Matt Orsini and Cris Chatigny, The January 2019 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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