French Indochina 1936 50 cents

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This one cent piece is one of a type issued for French Indo-China in 1936. It was the first fifty cent piece issued since 1896 and the first coin of any kind issued for the colony since 1931. French Indochina was occupied by the Japanese in 1940. French attempts to reoccupy the area after World War Two were challenged by Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh, leading to French defeat and withdrawal in 1954. The colony was divided into Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.

Recorded mintage: 4,000,000.

Specification: 13.5 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 4a.2.

Source:

• Gadoury, Victor, and George Cousinié, Monnaies Coloniales Françaises, 1670-1988, 2me Éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 1988.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1931 cent
• French Indochina 1931 piastre
• 1937 5 cents
• 1937 10 cents
• 1937 20 cents
• 1938 cent
• 1939 cent
• Coins and currency dated 1936
• return to coins of French Indo-China