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| − | This specimen was lot 3000 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $190.40. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[French Indo-China|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 The type is common but this is a scarce date, being superseded that year by a nickel-brass type ([[French Indochina 1938 5 cents KM-18.1a | + | This specimen was lot 3000 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $190.40. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[French Indo-China|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 The type is common but this is a scarce date, being superseded that year by a nickel-brass type ([[French Indochina 1938 5 cents KM-18.1a|KM 18.1a]]). |
''Recorded mintage:'' 1,480,000. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 1,480,000. | ||
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* [[French Indochina 1938-A cent|1938 cent]] | * [[French Indochina 1938-A cent|1938 cent]] | ||
* [[French Indochina 1938 5 cents KM-18.1a|1938 nickel-brass 5 cents]] | * [[French Indochina 1938 5 cents KM-18.1a|1938 nickel-brass 5 cents]] | ||
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* [[Coins and currency dated 1938]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1938]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 38]] | [[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 38]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:40, 26 November 2022
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 The type is common but this is a scarce date, being superseded that year by a nickel-brass type (KM 18.1a).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.
- 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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