French Indochina 1943 5 cents

formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection

This five cents was struck at Hanoi by the Vichy regime ruling French Indochina, which was unable to obtain coinage from the Paris mint. It superseded the nickel-brass five cents struck 1938-39. French Indochina was under full Japanese occupation from July 1941 until the surrender in August 1945.

Recorded mintage: 10,000,000.

Specification: aluminum.

Catalog reference: KM 27.

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:

• 1939 5 cents
• 1941-S 10 cents
• 1943 cent
• 1945 20 cents
• 1946 5 cents
• Coins and currency dated 1943
• return to coins of French Indo-China