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Sapeque Pattern
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1887 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | 南安之法國大 當二 (Translation: French Annam Worth two) |
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The sapeque was France's attempt to rationalize coinage for Cochinchina and, later, the broader Indochina federation — a direct-cash replacement for the Vietnamese cash coins still circulating in vast quantities through the 1880s. This 1887 pattern was produced at Paris as part of that evaluation process; the design was ultimately rejected, and the following years saw further trials before the definitive Indochinese issues were settled. Nickel silver was itself under consideration as a cost-saving alternative to bronze for tropical colonial circulation, where humidity accelerated corrosion.
The Lecompte reference places this among only a handful of confirmed pattern survivors.