1 Piastre (1885 - 1895)
Features
| Denomination | 1 Piastre |
| Catalog Number | KM# 5 |
| Weight (g) | 27.215 |
| Diameter (mm) | 39 |
| Thickness (mm) | 2.8 |
| Shape: | Round |
| Composition: | Silver (.900) |
| Not Magnetic | |
| Metal Value (USD) | 18.68 |
| Orientation | Coin orientation ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | |
| Demonetized | 1926-01-01 |
Obverse
Engraved by Jean-Auguste Barre
Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
1895
BARRE
Description:
Liberty seated left with fasces.
Fasces is a bound bundle of wooden rods, sometimes including an axe with its blade emerging. The fasces had its origin in the Etruscan civilization, and was passed on to ancient Rome, where it symbolized a magistrate's power and jurisdiction. The image has survived in the modern world as a representation of magisterial or collective power. The fasces frequently occurs as a charge in heraldry, it is present on an older design of the Mercury dime and behind the podium in the United States House of Representatives, it is used as the symbol of a number of Italian syndicalist groups, including the Unione Sindacale Italiana, and it was the origin of the name of the National Fascist Party in Italy (from which the term fascism is derived).
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
1895
BARRE
Description:
Liberty seated left with fasces.
Fasces is a bound bundle of wooden rods, sometimes including an axe with its blade emerging. The fasces had its origin in the Etruscan civilization, and was passed on to ancient Rome, where it symbolized a magistrate's power and jurisdiction. The image has survived in the modern world as a representation of magisterial or collective power. The fasces frequently occurs as a charge in heraldry, it is present on an older design of the Mercury dime and behind the podium in the United States House of Representatives, it is used as the symbol of a number of Italian syndicalist groups, including the Unione Sindacale Italiana, and it was the origin of the name of the National Fascist Party in Italy (from which the term fascism is derived).
Reverse
Engraved by Jean-Auguste Barre
Lettering:
INDO-CHINE FRANCAISE
PIASTRE DE COMMERCE
A
· TITRE 0.900.POIDS 27.215 GR ·
Description:
Denomination in words within wreath. Metal purity and weight below.
INDO-CHINE FRANCAISE
PIASTRE DE COMMERCE
A
· TITRE 0.900.POIDS 27.215 GR ·
Description:
Denomination in words within wreath. Metal purity and weight below.
Edge
Description:
Milled
Milled
| Year | Mintage | Comment | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 A | 800,000 | Rare | |
| 1885 A | Proof | Very Rare | |
| 1886 A | 3,216,000 | Rare | |
| 1886 A | Proof | Very Rare | |
| 1887 A | 3,076,000 | Rare | |
| 1888 A | 948,000 | Rare | |
| 1889 A | 1,240,000 | Rare | |
| 1889 A | 100 | Proof | Very Rare |
| 1890 A | 6,108 | Very Rare | |
| 1893 A | 795,000 | Rare | |
| 1894 A | 1,308,000 | Rare | |
| 1895 A | 1,782,000 | Rare |