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1 Cent Pattern
| Issuer | French Indochina |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Weight | 4.98 g |
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| Reverse description | Chinese characters arranged within a beaded inner circle, with the denomination expressed in Chinese script reading 'one hundredth' (百分之一). The date 1923 appears below, flanked by raised dots. An ESSAI trial mark is struck into the field at approximately the ten o'clock position, confirming the pattern status of this piece. The legend INDO-CHINE FRANÇAISE is inscribed around the periphery, with the central hole prominent within the beaded circle. |
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| Mintage | 1923 - Essai mark on the field |
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Lec#89 is one of several pattern strikings produced in Paris during the early 1920s as French colonial authorities explored revised cent denominations for Indochina. Patterns from this period were never adopted for circulation — the existing 1-cent bronze series continued largely unchanged — leaving these pieces as administrative curiosities rather than precursors to any issued type.
Surviving examples are almost exclusively from the Monnaie de Paris archives or early dispersals of official holdings.