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20 centimes from French Indochina, 1885

Also known as: 20 centimes uit Frans Indo-China, 1885

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1885

Silver coin. Obverse: woman with halo of rays around her head seated on a chair facing left, holding a bundle of arrows in her right hand. To her left branches and to the right an anchor. In the exergue, the date. Reverse: between two tied branches in two lines value designation: 20 cent., below which letter A [= Paris]. In the lower circumscription fineness and weight designation. Milled rim. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4103A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.6 cm x weight 5.43 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material
silver (metal)
Technique
striking (metalworking)
Dimensions
diameter 2,6 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 5,43 g · diameter 2.6 cm x weight 5.43 g
Measurements
diameter 2.6 cm x weight 5.43 g

Design

Obverse
woman with halo of rays around her head seated on a chair facing left, holding a bundle of arrows in her right hand. To her left branches and to the right an anchor. In the exergue, the date.
Reverse
between two tied branches in two lines value designation: 20 cent., below which letter A [= Paris]. In the lower circumscription fineness and weight designation. Milled rim.

Identification

Original title
20 centimes uit Frans Indo-China, 1885
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
KOG-MP-1-4103A
Museum classification
coin · twintig centimes

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Catalogue references

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