20 Cents from Paris Artist: Jean Auguste Barre (French, 1811–1896)
Mint: Paris

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1923

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

5.41 g, 6:00, 25.99 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001.Gift of Dalton B. Garstin, B.A. 1917

Accession Number

2001.87.36188

Geography

Made in Paris, France

Culture

French Indochinese

Period

20th century

Classification

Numismatics

Disclaimer

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE, in exergue 1923, Barre. Seated liberty, holding fasces, leaning on rudder and anchor (symbols industry & trade).

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: INDO-CHINE FRANCAISE * TITRE 0,900 . POIDS 5.443GR ,(A, flanked by privy marks, cornucopia and ax)20 Cent inside wreath.
Provenance
Dalton B. Garstin, to 1948; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1948–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

French Indochinese piastre, coins, money

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