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Sapeque Pattern
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1898 |
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| Weight | 1.98 g |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 1898 A |
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The sapeque was France's attempt to replicate the cast copper cash coins that had circulated in Indochina for centuries, giving indigenous populations a denomination familiar in form if not in manufacture. This 1898 pattern in silver-plated nickel silver was part of ongoing experimentation at the Monnaie de Paris to find an acceptable alloy — the earlier bronze sapeques issued from the 1870s onward had faced persistent rejection in rural markets accustomed to the Chinese-style cast coinage they replaced.
Lec#13a identifies this as a pattern strike, never released for circulation.