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50 Centimes - Norodom I Essai
| Issuer | Cambodia |
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| Year | 1860 |
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| Value | 50 Centimes (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | NORODOM I ROI DU CAMBODGE C. WURDEN 1860 |
| Reverse description | Central device consisting of the royal arms of Cambodia: a shield bearing a tiered pagoda finial above a decorative escutcheon, flanked by two crossed ceremonial swords and surmounted by a radiant sunburst. The shield is encircled by a wreath of laurel branches. Khmer script legend arcs across the upper field identifying the king, while the denomination 50 CENTIMES is inscribed in Latin characters along the lower arc. Two raised dots flank the central device at mid-field. The entire design is enclosed within a dentilated border. |
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Essai strikes for Cambodia's 1860 coinage were produced in Paris as the country moved toward formal French protectorate status — a process completed in 1863. This piece predates that treaty, placing it in the narrow window when Norodom I was maneuvering between Thai suzerainty and French overtures. Pattern issues from this negotiation period are exceptionally rare; most never progressed to circulation strikes, and the 50 centimes denomination was ultimately abandoned before regular coinage commenced.