| Issuer | French Indochina |
| Year | 1895-1928 |
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Value | 1 Piastre (1 ICFP) |
| Currency | Piastre (1880-1952) |
| Composition | Silver (.900) (Copper .100) |
| Weight | 27 g |
| Dimensions | 39 mm |
| Thickness | 2.7 mm |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | Jean-Auguste Barre |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#5a.1, KM#5a.2, KM#5a.3, Lec#277->305 |
| Obverse description | Marianne seated left with fasces, date in exergue |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
1927
BARRE (Translation: French Republic 1927 Barre) |
| Reverse description | Denomination within wreath |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | · INDO-CHINE FRANCAISE ·
PIASTRE
DE
COMMERCE
A
TITRE 0,900. POIDS 27 GR. (Translation: French Indochina Piastre of Commerce A 0,900 purity, 27 grams) |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | United States Mint of San Francisco, United States (1854-date) (A) Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) H Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited),United Kingdom (1850-2003) |
| Mintage | 1895 A - KM#5a.1; Lec#277 - 3 798 000 1896 A - KM#5a.1; Lec#278 - 11 858 000 1897 A - KM#5a.1; Lec#279 - 2 511 000 1898 A - KM#5a.1; Lec#280 - 4 304 000 1899 A - KM#5a.1; Lec#281 - 4 681 000 1900 A - KM#5a.1; Lec#282 - 13 319 000 1900 A - KM#5a.1; Lec#283; Burnished - 100 1901 A - KM#5a.1; Lec#283 - 3 150 000 1902 A - KM#5a.1; Lec#285 - 3 327 000 1903 A - KM#5a.1; Lec#286 - 10 077 000 1904 A - KM#5a.1; Lec#287 - 5 751 000 1905 A - KM#5a.1; Lec#288 - 3 561 000 1906 A - KM#5a.1; Lec#289 - 10 194 000 1907 A - KM#5a.1; Lec#290 - 14 062 000 1908 A - KM#5a.1; Lec#291 - 13 986 000 1909 A - KM#5a.1; Lec#292 - 9 201 000 1910 A - KM#5a.1; Lec#293 - 761 000 1913 A - KM#5a.1; Lec#294 - 3 244 000 1921 - KM#5a.2; Lec#296; Smooth edge - 4 850 000 1921 H - KM#5a.3; Lec#297 - 3 580 000 1922 - KM#5a.2; Lec#298 - 1 150 000 1922 H - KM#5a.3; Lec#299 - 7 420 000 1924 A - KM#5a.1; Lec#300 - 2 831 000 1925 A - KM#5a.1; Lec#301 - 2 882 000 1926 A - KM#5a.1; Lec#302 - 6 383 000 1927 A - KM#5a.1; Lec#303 - 8 183 999 1928 A - KM#5a.1; Lec#304 - 5 290 000 |
| Catalog ID | 5101661850 |
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