fco_780846 - CAMBODIA - KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA - NORODOM I Épreuve Piastre ou peso 1860 Paris

CAMBODIA - KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA - NORODOM I Épreuve Piastre ou peso 1860 Paris MS

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Type : Épreuve Piastre ou peso

Date: 1860

Mint name / Town : Paris

Quantity minted : -

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 38 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 19,40 g.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R3

Catalogue references :

Lec-Indo91 var

Predigree :

Avec son certificat d’exportation n°225483 délivré par le Ministère français de la Culture

Obverse

Obverse legend : NORODOM I ROI DU CAMBODGE / 1860.

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

Reverse

Reverse legend : UNE PIASTRE. UN PESO.

Reverse description : Écu aux armes du Cambodge couronnées.

Commentary

Jean Lecompte évoque une épreuve en cuivre à tranche lisse de 17 g et une épreuve en bronze à tranche cannelée de 19 g. Cette épreuve se distingue par la présence d’une tranche lisse.

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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