1076163 | FRENCH INDO-CHINA. 1889-A AE Cent. NGC PR65RD (Red). Paris. REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE (date). Seated figure within beaded ring, mint mark and initials below / INDO-CHINE FRANCAISE • POIDS 10 GR •. Numeral 1 and letter C divided by Chinese characters in cartouche. KM 1. Proof; Lecompte 42; gadoury 5.

From a reported mintage of just 100 pieces. Only issued as a Proof strike during the Exposition Universelle of 1889 (Paris World's Fair).

Ex. Amon Carter Collection, Stack's Bowers (January 1984) Lot 1619.


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