v19_1888 - CAMBODIA - KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA - NORODOM I 1 franc 1860 Phnom-Penh

CAMBODIA - KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA - NORODOM I 1 franc 1860 Phnom-Penh AU

MONNAIES 19 (2004)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €

Type : 1 franc

Date: (1899)

Date: 1860

Mint name / Town : Phnom-Penh

Metal : silver

Diameter : 23 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 4,36 g.

Edge : cannelée

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Très faible usure mais le style est caractéristique avec un flan irrégulier au droit et des coins préparés à la hâte. Avec son brillant d’origine et une légère patine

Catalogue references :

Lec.61

Obverse

Obverse legend : NORODOM I ROI DU CAMBODGE/ 1860.

Obverse description : Tête nue de Norodom Ier à gauche ; signé au-dessous C. WURDEN.

Reverse

Reverse legend : UN FRANC.

Reverse description : Écu aux armes du Cambodge couronnées.

Commentary

Style assez frustre caractéristiques de l’émission de Phnom Penh. Frappe médaille.

Historical background

CAMBODIA - KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA - NORODOM I

(1860-1904)

Norodom I asked for help from France against Annam, Siam and Cochin China. A French protectorate was established on August 11, 1863 (Treaty of Paris). The corners of the first coins were made by Charles Wurden, a Brussels engraver, around 1875 and ceded to the king. The crude coins were perhaps minted on the spot on the order of Norodom I. They were offered at major events. These coins were possibly made and put into circulation in 1899 at the time of the cremation of the Queen Mother who had died two years earlier. Norodom died in 1904. His death gave rise to a monetary issue in 1905.

CAMBODIA - KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA - NORODOM I Médaille, Commémoration des funérailles XF/AU

250.00 €

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