French Indochina 1930 5 cents

Stack's Bowers February 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74512

This specimen was lot 74512 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2024), where it sold for $60. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRENCH INDO-CHINA. 5 Centimes, 1930. Paris Mint. PCGS MS-63. A charming minor type offered here in Choice quality, with silky luster and neat die lines throughout." This type was struck 1923-25, 1930, 1937-38 and is common.

Recorded mintage: 4,000,000.

Specification: 5.2 g, copper-nickel, 24 mm diameter, designed by Patey.

Catalog reference: KM-18.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• 1925 5 cents
• 1928 piastre
• 1930-A 10 cent
• 1930-A 20 cent
• 1931 piastre
• 1937 5 cents
• Coins and currency dated 1930