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1878, French Cochin China. Bronze Sapeque (pierced 1 Centime) Coin. VG-F

Condition: VG-F
Reference: KM-1.
Mintage: 10,000 pcs.
Denomination: Sapeque (made from a 1 centime coin)
Mint Place: Bordaeux (the host coin) / Saigon (the piercing)
Mint Year: pierced during 1878 at the Saigon arsenal (the host coin is a 1875 dated French 1 centime coin of the Bordeaux mint).
Diameter: 14.9mm
Material: Bronze
Weight: 0.69gm

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Cochinchina is a region encompassing the southern third of Vietnam whose principal city is Saigon. It was a French colony from 1862 to 1954. The later state of South Vietnam was created in 1954 by combining Cochinchina with southern Annam. In Vietnamese, the region is called Nam B?. Historically, it was Gia Ð?nh (1779–1832), Nam K? (1834–1945), Nam B? (1945–48), Nam ph?n (1948–56), Nam Vi?t (1956–75), and later Mi?n Nam. In French, it was called la colonie de Cochinchine.

In the 17th century, Vietnam was divided between the Tr?nh Lords to the north and the Nguy?n Lords to the south. The northern section was called Tonkin by Europeans, and the southern part called Cochinchina by most Europeans and Quinam by the Dutch.

During the French colonial period, the label moved further south, and came to refer to the southernmost part of Vietnam, controlled by Cambodia in prior centuries, and lying to its southeast. Its capital was at Saigon. The two other parts of Vietnam at the time were known as Annam and Tonkin.

The name "Cochinchina" was coined by Portuguese traders circa 1516, who named it then "Cochin-China" to distinguish it from the city and princely state of "Cochin" in India, their first headquarters in the malabar coast, from the Malay Kuchi which referred to all of Vietnam, a term derived from the Chinese jiao zhi, pronounced giao ch? in Vietnam.