French Indochina 1946 5 cents

formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection

This five cents was struck at the Paris mint by de Gaulle's provisional government as part of their reassertion of control over their erstwhile colony. The local Viet Minh, led by Ho Chi Minh, did not see the return of the French as liberation and the First Indochina War soon broke out, resulting in French defeat and humiliation. This type was also struck at Beaumont-le-Roger.

Recorded mintage: 28,000,000.

Specification: aluminum.

Catalog reference: KM 30.1.

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:

• 1943 5 cents
• 1945 20 cents
• 1946 50 cents
• Coins and currency dated 1946
• return to coins of French Indo-China