50 Centimes - Norodom I (Pattern)
Cambodia • 50 Centimes • Gold • 1860–1899
- Denomination
- 50 Centimes
- Issuer
- Cambodia
- Struck
- 1860–1899
- Composition
- Gold
- Currency
- Franc
- Weight
- 3.18 g
- Catalog refs
- X M5 var
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Where it came from
The 1860 50 Centimes pattern was struck during the reign of King Norodom I of Cambodia, a period marked by the kingdom's transition into a French protectorate. These coins were produced in Belgium at the Brussels Mint, commissioned by the Cambodian government to modernize the national currency system and introduce a decimal coinage based on the French model. The patterns were created as trial pieces to establish the currency's aesthetic and technical specifications before potential mass production.
The design of the coin reflects a fusion of royal Cambodian iconography and European minting standards. It features the profile of King Norodom I on the obverse and the royal Cambodian arms on the reverse, often incorporating the heraldic style typical of nineteenth-century European coinage. Because these pieces were pattern issues—intended as test strikes rather than circulating currency—they were produced in limited quantities, making them significant artifacts of Cambodian colonial history and numismatic artistry.
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