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10 Cents - Sisavang Vong Piedfort Essai
| Issuer | Laos |
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| Year | 1952 |
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| Value | 10 Cents (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing bust of a Lao Loum woman with an ornate braided bun hairstyle, centered on a round flan pierced at center. The legend ROYAUME DU LAOS arcs along the left periphery in Latin script, while the Lao script legend ພະຣາຊະອານາຈັກລາວ arcs along the right periphery. The date 1952 appears in the lower exergual area. A small decorative star or flower ornament is positioned at the top of the field between the two legends. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The 1952 Laotian essai series was produced in Paris as France moved to establish a distinct coinage for the newly configured Associated State of Laos under the French Union. Piedfort essais of this type were struck at the Monnaie de Paris as presentation and trial pieces, not for circulation — produced in limited quantities for official examination and archival purposes. Sisavang Vong had ruled since 1904, first under French protectorate administration and then, from 1949, as king of a nominally sovereign state still deeply tied to Paris.
The aluminium piedfort designation means the planchet was struck at roughly double the normal thickness on standard dies.