French Indo-China, 10 centimes, 1901
Also known as: Frans Indo-China, 10 centimes, 1901
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1901
Silver coin. Obverse: woman with a halo of rays around her head in a seat facing left, holding a bundle of arrows in her right hand. To her left, branches, and to her right, an anchor. In the exergue, the date. Reverse: between two tied branches, value designation in two lines: 10 cent., below which the letter A [=Paris]. In the inscription at the bottom, fineness and weight designation. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5974; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 1.9 cm x weight 2.7 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
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 1,9 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 2,7 g · diameter 1.9 cm x weight 2.7 g
- Measurements
- diameter 1.9 cm x weight 2.7 g
Design
- Obverse
- woman with a halo of rays around her head in a seat facing left, holding a bundle of arrows in her right hand. To her left, branches, and to her right, an anchor. In the exergue, the date.
- Reverse
- between two tied branches, value designation in two lines: 10 cent., below which the letter A [=Paris]. In the inscription at the bottom, fineness and weight designation. Milled edge.
Identification
- Original title
- Frans Indo-China, 10 centimes, 1901
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-5974
- Museum classification
- coin · tien centimes
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- Material
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Catalogue references
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