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1⁄600 Piastre Essai
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1905 |
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| Currency | French Indochinese piastre (1884-1945) |
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| Obverse lettering | PROTECTORAT DU TONKIN 1905 (Translation: Protectorate of Tonkin) |
| Reverse description | Plain field surrounding the central square perforation, which is enclosed within a raised square frame. Seven Chinese ideograms are arranged around the hole in traditional cash coin fashion, conveying the denomination and monetary designation. The Latin inscription ESSAI appears to the lower right of the central perforation, identifying the piece as a pattern strike. The overall design draws directly on the aesthetic vocabulary of East Asian cash coinage adapted for French colonial use. |
| Reverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script)/Latin |
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