1⁄600 Piastre Piedfort Essai

Issuer Tonkin
Year 1905
Type Coin pattern
Value 1⁄600 Piastre (1⁄600 ICFP)
Currency French Indochinese piastre (1884-1945)
Composition Zinc
Weight 5.01 g
Diameter 25 mm
Thickness 3.0 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#P1, Lec#1
Obverse description Legend surrounding the hole.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering PROTECTORAT DU TONKIN 1905
(Translation: Protectorate of Tonkin)
Reverse description Seven Chinese ideograms surrounding the hole.
Reverse script Chinese (traditional, regular script)
Reverse lettering 百分六 寶通 之 一
(Translation: Lục Bách Phân Nhất Chi / Thông Bảo 1 part of 600 / Universal currency)
Edge Plain
Mint Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and
Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
Mintage 1905 - -
Numisquare ID 8338791660
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