Live auction - fco_416688 - CAMBODIA - KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA - NORODOM I 1 Franc 1860 Bruxelles
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 94 € |
| Maximum bid : | 113 € |
| End of the sale : | 31 January 2017 17:20:28 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : 1 Franc
Date: (1899)
Date: 1860
Mint name / Town : Bruxelles
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,04 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie a été nettoyée, puis s’est patinée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NORODOM I ROI DU CAMBODGE/ 1860.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Norodom Ier à gauche ; signé au-dessous C. WURDEN.
Reverse
Reverse legend : UN FRANC.
Reverse description : Écu aux armes du Cambodge couronnées.
Commentary
Pour différencier les pièces frappées à Bruxelles ou à Phnom-Penh, le poids pourrait être déterminant. En effet la série de Bruxelles est toujours proche du poids théorique alors que la série de Phnom-Penh est légère. Les mêmes règles peuvent être appliquées pour les pièces de 4, 2 et 1 francs, 50 et 25 centimes qui ne sont pas distinguées par ce moyen dans le nouvel ouvrage de Jean Lecompte qui ne retient que le style fruste de l'émission de 1899.
Historical background
CAMBODIA - KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA - NORODOM I
(1860-1904)
Norodom I asked for help from France against Annam, Siam and Cochin China. A French protectorate was established on August 11, 1863 (Treaty of Paris). The corners of the first coins were made by Charles Wurden, a Brussels engraver, around 1875 and ceded to the king. The crude coins were perhaps minted on the spot on the order of Norodom I. They were offered at major events. These coins were possibly made and put into circulation in 1899 at the time of the cremation of the Queen Mother who had died two years earlier. Norodom died in 1904. His death gave rise to a monetary issue in 1905.
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