Live auction - fco_468351 - CAMBODIA 10 Centimes 1860 Bruxelles (?)

CAMBODIA 10 Centimes 1860 Bruxelles (?) AU

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Estimate :	400 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	30 January 2018 16:59:20

Type : 10 Centimes

Date: 1860

Mint name / Town : Bruxelles (?)

Quantity minted : 10267000

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 30 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 10 g.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Bel exemplaire avec une légère usure. Tache sombre sur le portrait

Catalogue references :

Lec-Indo22 - KM.19/43 - UNWCM3

Obverse

Obverse legend : NORODOM I ROI DU CAMBODGE // 1860.

Obverse description : Tête à gauche de Norodom Ier.

Reverse

Reverse legend : DIX CENTIMES.

Reverse description : Emblème du royaume du Cambodge.

Commentary

Bien que datées 1860, ces monnaies auraient été frappées vers 1875 par les ateliers Mennig Frères à Bruxelles d’après le travail du graveur belge Charles Wurden. Le Standard Catalog of World Coins indique un chiffre de frappe de 10.267.000 exemplaires.
Although dated 1860, these coins were probably minted around 1875 by the Mennig Frères workshops in Brussels, based on the work of the Belgian engraver Charles Wurden. The Standard Catalog of World Coins indicates a mintage of 10,267,000 coins.