20 Cents Piedfort Pattern

Beschrijving voorzijde	Seated allegorical figure of the French Republic facing left, wearing a radiate crown and classical drapery, holding an upright fasces in her raised right hand while resting her left arm on a throne or plinth; a sheaf of grain appears to the left and an anchor to the lower right, symbolizing agriculture and maritime commerce. The engraver's signature BARRE appears in small lettering along the lower exergual line, with the date 1920 prominently struck in the exergue. The surrounding legend REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE runs along the upper periphery within a beaded border.
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Beschrijving keerzijde	The denomination 20 CENT. is boldly struck in two lines at the center of the field, enclosed within a finely detailed laurel and oak wreath tied at the base with a ribbon bow. The legend INDO-CHINE arcs across the upper periphery and FRANÇAISE curves along the lower periphery, together identifying the issuing colonial territory. No fineness designation or mintmark appears on this pattern piece. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border.
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Opschrift keerzijde	INDO-CHINE 20 CENT. FRANÇAISE (Translation: French Indochina)
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