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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 7955000, member: 102103&quot;]These are a strange pair.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think I got them at the same time.</p><p>Both are bronze 20 mm.&nbsp; Left one is 1.63 g, right is 1.84 g.</p><p>Both appear to say &quot;COCHINCHINE FRANÇAISE&nbsp; 1879 A&quot; on the obverse.</p><p>(They are easier to read in hand than in my photos, unfortunately)</p><p>The reverse of the left one appears to have a Chinese numeral 一 and the right a 二.</p><p>I don&#039;t think there even was an 1879 1 Sapèque coin, so my guess is that the 一 is either weakly struck or has a strange wear pattern and should be a 二.&nbsp; It&#039;s strange, as turning the coin in the light I don&#039;t really see any trace of the upper stroke of the 二, and all the other characters are clearly readable.&nbsp; Here&#039;s the <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3312.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3312.html" rel="nofollow">Numista 2 Sapèque</a> for comparison. Any other reasonable theory besides a poorly-struck or worn 1879 2 Sapèque?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1378839[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1378840[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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