French Indochina 1929-A 10 cents

Goldberg sale 84, lot 3951

photo courtesy Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

This specimen was lot 3951 in Goldberg sale 84 (Los Angeles, January 2015), where it sold for $152.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "French Indochina. 10 Cents, 1929-A. NGC graded MS-66." This type was issued from the Paris mint 1921-30 and 1937 and superseded a similar design of 0.835 fineness (KM 9) issued 1898-1919. This is a fairly common date.

Recorded mintage: 5,831,000.

Specification: 2.7 g, 0.680 fine silver, .059 troy oz ASW, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-16.1.

Source:

• 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]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Aleeza Brown, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 84: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2014.

Link to:

• 1928-A 10 cent
• 1928 piastre
• 1929 20 cent
• 1930-A 10 cent
• Coins and currency dated 1929
• return to French Indo-China