DESCRIPTION
Coin with red original luster.
COMMENTS
The metropolitan French 1 centime coin dated 1875-K of the Bordeaux mint issue was used for these coins, and the French garrison at Saigon punched a 3mm round hole into them for circulation as a sapèque (or cash) coin in Cochinchina. These were not popular with the locals and they were quickly retired; estimates are that out of a million coins intended, only about 10,000 coins were holed.
Coin certified PCGS MS 64 RB.
https://www.pcgseurope.com/Cert/17269671
References : G.cf 88, F.cf 104, Lec-2