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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Chris B, post: 3151132, member: 87179&quot;]Just picked this up from Civitas. This is there description and photo. It spoke to my desire for odd stuff. The reverse is spectacular, in my opinion. </p><p><br /></p><p>Brass 10 Centimes 31mm. 10.37g. Phnom Penh Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Local strike from shattered dies.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Head left</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Arms</p><p><br /></p><p>Lecompte 25 or26</p><p><br /></p><p>EF&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Struck circa 1875-1899.</p><p><br /></p><p>Examination of mint records suggests that the date 1860 represents the accession date of Norodom I and not the date of issue. </p><p>It is likely that the first issues of the series were struck in 1875 and continued to be struck sporadically in both the native Cambodian and European mints until the late 19th century. </p><p>The series has yet to be studied closely enough to allow individual issues to be assigned to the various mints, but it would appear that the pieces struck from very worn dies, such as this example, can be attributed to Phnom Penh, Cambodia.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]807253[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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