Live auction - fwo_495788 - FRENCH INDIA Biche de Mahé 1752 Pondichéry

FRENCH INDIA Biche de Mahé 1752 Pondichéry AU

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Estimate :	300 €
Price :	210 €
Maximum bid :	321 €
End of the sale :	11 September 2018 18:20:37
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Biche de Mahé

Date: 1752

Mint name / Town : Pondichéry

Quantity minted : -

Metal : copper

Diameter : 20 mm

Orientation dies : 5 h.

Weight : 5,85 g.

Edge : lisse

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire de qualité pour le type, sur un flan ovale et couvert d’une belle patine marron homogène

Catalogue references :

KM18/53

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : cinq fleurs de lis dans un cercle perlé.

Reverse

Reverse legend : 1752.

Reverse description : au centre.

Commentary

Le monnayage français du comptoir de Mahé qui fut frappé à Pondichéry comprend plusieurs dénominations : quart, demi et biche de Mahé en cuivre et des fanons d'argent.
The French coinage of the Mahé trading post which was struck in Pondicherry includes several denominations: quarter, half and Mahé doe in copper and silver baleen.