French Indochina 1938 5 cents KM-18

Steve Album sale 38, lot 3000

This specimen was lot 3000 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $190.40. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRENCH INDOCHINA: 5 centimes, 1938, only one example with a higher grade, PCGS graded MS67." This type was struck 1923-25, 1930, 1937-38. The type is common but this is a scarce date, being superseded that year by a nickel-brass type (KM 18.1a).

Recorded mintage: 1,480,000.

Specification: 5.2 g, copper nickel, 24 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-18, Lec-119.

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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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• 1937 5 cents
• 1937 10 cents
• 1937 20 cents
• 1938 cent
• 1938 nickel-brass 5 cents
• 1939 5 cents
• Coins and currency dated 1938