French Indo-China, 1885 AD., Paris mint, 1 Centime, KM 1.
French Indo-China, engraver: Jean-Auguste Barre (obverse), Paris mint, 1885 AD.,
1 Centime (ø 31 mm / 9,81 g), bronze, 10,00 g. theor. mint weight, mintage 3.673.190 , axes coin alignment ↑↓ (180°), plain edge ,
Obv.: REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE / A - A.B / 1885 , allegorical depiction of the French Republic seated half left, radiate, holding scroll, mint mark and engraver´s initials below; all in a linear and dotted circle, date between privy marks (cornucopia left - fasces right) below.
Rev.: INDO-CHINE FRANÇAISE // 1 - C / 百/分/之/一 // · POIDS 10 GR · , country, value and weight, "百分之一" = 100 pieces for one piaster.
KM 1 ; Gadoury/Cous. 5 .
Year / Mint Mark / Mintage
1885 A 3.673.190
1885 A ? (proof)
1886 A 1,882,541
1887 A 2,362,388
1888 A 2,564,148
1889 A 1,573,364
1889 A 100 (proof)
1892 A 2,647,680
1893 A 1,852,320
1894 A 465,000