French Indochina 1947 piastre
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This piastre was issued for French Indochina in 1947. It is the last piastre issued for the colony. It exists with reeded edge (shown here) and security edge (scarce). French Indochina was occupied by the Japanese in 1940. French attempts to reoccupy the area after World War Two were defeated by Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh in 1954. The colony was divided into Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
Recorded mintage: 261,000 struck with security edge and 54,480,000 struck with reeded edge (shown here).
Specification: copper-nickel, 34.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 32.1 (security edge); KM 32.2 (reeded edge).
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
Link to:
- French Indochina 1931 piastre
- Coins and currency dated 1947
- return to coins of French Indo-China