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French Indochina, centime, 1892

Also known as: Frans Indo-China, centime, 1892

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1892

Bronze 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 letter A [= Paris]. Date in lower circumscription. Reverse: between value designation: 1 C in a rectangle four Chinese characters, below which value designation indicated by a horizontal stroke: 1. In the lower circumscription weight designation. Smooth rim. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4103B; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.1 cm x weight 9.96 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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Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze (metal)
Technique
striking (metalworking)
Dimensions
diameter 3.1 cm x weight 9.96 g · diameter 3,1 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 9,96 g
Measurements
diameter 3.1 cm x weight 9.96 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 letter A [= Paris]. Date in lower circumscription.
Reverse
between value designation: 1 C in a rectangle four Chinese characters, below which value designation indicated by a horizontal stroke: 1. In the lower circumscription weight designation. Smooth rim.

Identification

Original title
Frans Indo-China, centime, 1892
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
KOG-MP-1-4103B
Museum classification
centime · coin

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Catalogue references

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