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1⁄600 Piastre Essai
Issuer | Tonkin |
Year | 1905 |
Type | Coin pattern |
Value | 1⁄600 Piastre (1⁄600 ICFP) |
Currency | French Indochinese piastre (1884-1945) |
Composition | Zinc |
Weight | 2.40 g |
Dimensions | 25 mm |
Thickness | 0.9 mm |
Shape and Technique | Round with a square hole Milled |
Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
Engraver(s) | |
In circulation to | |
Reference(s) | KM#E1, Lec#2 |
Obverse description | Legend surrounding the hole. |
Obverse script | Latin |
Obverse lettering | PROTECTORAT DU TONKIN
1905 (Translation: Protectorate of Tonkin) |
Reverse description | Seven Chinese ideograms surrounding the hole with Latin legend to the lower right. |
Reverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular
script) |
Reverse lettering | 百分六
寶通
之
一
ESSAI (Translation: Lục Bách Phân Nhất Chi / Thông Bảo 1 part of 600 / Universal currency) |
Edge | Plain |
Mint | Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
Mintage | 1905 - -
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Catalog ID | 1398441630 |
Comments | |