Sapeque Pattern

Issuer French Indochina
Year 1887
Type Coin pattern
Value 1 Sapeque (0.002 ICFP)
Currency Piastre (1880-1952)
Composition Nickel silver
Weight 2.15 g
Diameter 20 mm
Thickness 1 mm
Shape Hexadecagonal (16-sided)
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s) Jean-Auguste Barre
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#E1, Lec#1, PCGS#516044, Gad#1, VG#4063
Obverse description Lettering around square hole, date below.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering INDO-CHINE FRANÇAISE -1887-
(Translation: French Indochina)
Reverse description Lettering in Chinese around square hole
Reverse script Chinese
Reverse lettering 南安之法國大 當二
(Translation: French Annam Worth two)
Edge Smooth
Mint Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and
Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
Mintage 1887 - -
Numisquare ID 9177697310
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