Sapeque Piedfort Pattern

Issuer French Indochina
Year 1896
Type Coin pattern
Value 1 Sapeque (0.002 ICFP)
Currency Piastre (1880-1952)
Composition Bronze
Weight 3.25 g
Diameter 20 mm
Thickness
Shape Round with a square hole
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s) Jean-Auguste Barre
In circulation to
Reference(s) Lec Indo#11 , PCGS#537391
Obverse description Lettering around square hole
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering INDO-CHINE FRANÇAISE A 1896
(Translation: French Indochina)
Reverse description Chinese lettering around square hole
Reverse script Chinese
Reverse lettering 南安之國法大 當二
(Translation: French Annam Worth two)
Edge Plain
Mint (A)
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and
Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
Mintage 1896 A - -
Numisquare ID 9535791010
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.
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