French Indo-China: French Colony silver Proof Essai Piastre 19___ (1931) PR63 NGC, ...

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French Colony silver Proof Essai Piastre 19___ (1931) PR63 NGC, Paris mint, KM-Unl., VG-5307, Maz-Unl., Gad-35, Lec-276. Reeded edge. Coin alignment. By Barre. A coveted and exceedingly popular French Essai type, which elevates the already beloved imagery of French Indo-China's Trade Piastres to a new level of both rarity and desirability. Only the fourth such example we have handled, and likely the last "attainable" certification for the issue as one moves up the grading scale behind the PR67? we sold in July 2020, this piece is filled to the brim with gorgeous turquoise and sapphire color, draped carefully over hard mirror fields. Posited by most reference works to have been produced for the 6-month-long Colonial Exposition (Exposition coloniale internationale) in Paris in 1931, we note that in his most recent work, Monnaies et Jetons de L'Indochine française, Jean Lecompte has reassigned it a date of 1920, though he provides no explanation for this revision.

Metal: Silver
Diameter: 38mm

19__（1931年）法屬坐洋一元精製試樣銀幣。PR63 NGC。
巴黎造幣廠。齒邊。法屬坐洋銀幣以女神像為標識，一直深受各方藏家鍾愛。而試樣幣例子更罕更精，魅力無窮。敝司拍賣的第四枚例子，以2020年7月拍賣一枚PR67★例子為冠，若要入手如此高分的例子，此後機會不再。此枚幣面包漿瑰麗，藍寶石色澤自正中散發，及至外圍碧綠鮮明，底板乾淨利落。根據文獻，1931年巴黎舉行殖民地博覽，為期6個月，因此鑄造這批銀幣。不過Jean Lecomptewe在最新著作《Monnaies et Jetons de L'Indochine franqaise》中有另外一說，將鑄造日期推前至1920年，著作中並未就此加以解說。

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