Sapèque Essai, No hole, without 'ESSAI'

Issuer French Cochinchina
Year 1879
Type Coin pattern
Value 1 Sapeque (0.002)
Currency Piastre (1878-1885)
Composition Bronze
Weight 2.3 g
Diameter 20 mm
Thickness 0.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s) Jean-Auguste Barre
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#E5, Lec#9a
Obverse description Lettering around central square (not perforated)
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering COCHINCHINE FRANÇAISE A 1879
(Translation: French Cochinchina)
Reverse description Chinese lettering around central square (not perforated)
Reverse script Chinese
Reverse lettering 南安之 國法大 當 二 ESSAI
(Translation: French Cochinchina Worth two Trial)
Edge Plain
Mint A
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and
Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
Mintage 1879 - - 3 250
Numisquare ID 4145188540
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