French Indochina 1930-A 10 cents
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This specimen was lot 74511 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2024), where it sold for $40. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRENCH INDO-CHINA. 10 Centimes, 1930-A. Paris Mint. PCGS MS-63. A well-struck and lustrous Choice example with light chatter in line with the assigned grade." This type was issued from the Paris mint 1921-30 and 1937 and superseded a similar design of 0.835 fineness (KM 9) issued 1898-1919.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: 6,608,000.
Specification: 2.7 g, 0.680 fine silver, .059 troy oz ASW, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM-16.1; Lec-170.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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