Marianne facing right with laurel branch, date in exergue
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
P. TURIN
1939 (Translation: French Republic)
Reverse description
Rice plant divides denomination
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
INDOCHINE FRANÇAISE
ESSAI
20 CENT. (Translation: French Indochina Trial)
Edge
Reeded
Mint
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
Mintage
1939 - Essai -
Catalog ID
2468330000
Comments
Van Gelder doubts the validity of these coins of Schoonhoven, because of the short duration of the siege. He only considers the 12 and 6 stuiver as reliable.