Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1973. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Colonial. Indochine française (Ðông Dương thuộc Pháp). 1887-1953. AR Piastre. Paris mint. Dated 1900. Personification of the French Republic seated left on throne, head facing, holding spear bundled with rods; grain ears to left, anchor to right / Denomination in three lines; mintmark below; all within wreath of wheat, oak, and laurel. KM 5a.1. In NGC slab, graded PF-63. Very rare; low mintage of only 100 pieces recorded.