Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2016 Hong Kong Auction - Sess. A-D 15-17 August 2016
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CAMBODIA. Gold Restrike 4 Franc, 1860. NGC MS-63.
Bruce-Pn10; Lec-81a; D-P87e. The only example graded at NGC, with a 2014 valuation of 18,000 Euros in Lecompte. Cambodia became a French protectorate in August of 1863 as a result of King Norodom petitioning the French Consul for assistance. Previously, the country had been a dependency of Vietnam dating back to the previous century, and after a number of border disagreements with both Siam and Vietnam, Cambodia became aligned with the French and was eventually attached to French Indochina in 1887. Though dated 1860, three years prior to the protectorate period, the coins from this series were first struck in 1875 within a Brussels workshop, with the press eventually being shipped to King Norodom who then had it installed in Phnom-Penh. This type was not struck for circulation, instead being reserved for use only at important state functions with the Sovereign personally handing the coins out. On the occasion of the passing of the Queen-Mother in 1897, King Norodom had the dies retrieved and in 1899 additional specimens were minted. Restruck in very limited quantities - possibly only 10. After many years of storage, the dies had become corroded and the resulting damage can be seen particularly in the fields, much as is the case with the piece offered here. Historically significant and certain to inspire considerable interest. NGC MS-63.
Estimate: $10000.00- $15000.00
Bruce-Pn10; Lec-81a; D-P87e. The only example graded at NGC, with a 2014 valuation of 18,000 Euros in Lecompte. Cambodia became a French protectorate in August of 1863 as a result of King Norodom petitioning the French Consul for assistance. Previously, the country had been a dependency of Vietnam dating back to the previous century, and after a number of border disagreements with both Siam and Vietnam, Cambodia became aligned with the French and was eventually attached to French Indochina in 1887. Though dated 1860, three years prior to the protectorate period, the coins from this series were first struck in 1875 within a Brussels workshop, with the press eventually being shipped to King Norodom who then had it installed in Phnom-Penh. This type was not struck for circulation, instead being reserved for use only at important state functions with the Sovereign personally handing the coins out. On the occasion of the passing of the Queen-Mother in 1897, King Norodom had the dies retrieved and in 1899 additional specimens were minted. Restruck in very limited quantities - possibly only 10. After many years of storage, the dies had become corroded and the resulting damage can be seen particularly in the fields, much as is the case with the piece offered here. Historically significant and certain to inspire considerable interest. NGC MS-63.
Estimate: $10000.00- $15000.00