French Indochina 1943 1 cent

from the Yuan Collection

formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection

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. This specimen is a holed aluminum one cent piece struck in Hanoi by the Vichy regime, which was unable to obtain coins from Paris.

Recorded mintage: 15,000,000.

Specification: aluminum.

Catalog reference: KM 26.

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:

• 1940 bronze ½ cent
• 1940 zinc cent
• 1943 5 cents
• Coins and currency dated 1943
• return to French Indo-China