Live auction - fco_471735 - FRENCH COCHINCHINA 1 Sapèque 1875 Bordeaux

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MS64

Estimate :	200 €
Price :	100 €
Maximum bid :	200 €
End of the sale :	31 July 2018 18:18:59
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : 1 Sapèque

Date: 1875

Mint name / Town : Bordeaux

Quantity minted : 1000000

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 15 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 0,96 g.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R1

Slab

PCGS : MS64

Coments on the condition:

La monnaie est sous coque PCGS MS64

Catalogue references :

Lec-Indo2

Obverse

Obverse legend : REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE// * (MILLÉSIME) *.

Obverse description : Tête de Cérès à gauche couronnée d'épis avec un bandeau inscrit CONCOR.

Reverse

Reverse legend : * LIBERTÉ * ÉGALITÉ * FRATERNITÉ.

Reverse description : au centre 1/ CENTIME/ (Mm) K (ancre).

Commentary

Ces monnaies ont été percées d’un trou centrale de 3 mm, à l’arsenal de Saigon, en provenance de l’atelier de Bordeaux. Sur le million d’exemplaires prévus, J.Lecompte estime à seulement 10 000 les exemplaires réellement réalisés .
These coins were pierced with a 3 mm central hole at the Saigon arsenal, coming from the Bordeaux workshop. Of the million examples planned, J. Lecompte estimates that only 10,000 examples were actually produced.