PCGS SP67 plate coin (32674267).
Av. REPUBLIQUE - FRANÇAISE. Around the central perforation: Liberty cap with tricolor cockade above, two olive branches around and 1 CENT below; top right: ESSAI.
Rv. INDOCHINA - FRENCH. Around central perforation, with two rice branches: 1 and CENT; in exergue (date).
Lec.103 = this example; Yellow copper - 7.11 g - 27 mm - 6 h
Top Pop (2): the finest graded example! From the Jean Lecompte collection. This is the specimen illustrating Jean Lecompte's book, Monnaies et jetons de l'Indochine française, published by Gadoury.
PCGS SP67 plate coin (32674267).
In yellow copper or bronze-aluminum, only 3 known examples. The last sold by Stack's Bowers in Hong Kong in April 2018 ($7200). Of exceptional grade. Corner flower.
