Moneta
Registered: August 2005
Location: Arizona USA
Posts: 2,368
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Marianne seated left with fasces, date in exergue, [Numista.com] rice stalks in the background. I'm not sure of the Marianne identification, would that mean the Statue of Liberty in NY harbor is Marianne and not Lady Liberty? Marianne sows wheat and not rice, I'm I right?
Lettering: REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, 1937 BARRE
Reverse: Denomination within wreath.
Lettering:
INDO-CHINE FRANÇAISE
20
CENT.
TITRE 0.680.POIDS 5GR.4
Translation:
French Indochina
0.680 purity, 5.4 grams
Engraver: Jean-Auguste Barre
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