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French Indochina banknotes
French Indochina paper money catalog and French Indochina currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • Fr.Indochina Piastre = 100 Cents, till 1951
  • Fr.Indochina Piastre = Riel(Cambodia), = Kip(Laos) = Dong(Vietnam) = 100 Cents, 1951-1955

• For later issues see:
  • Cambodia
  • Laos
  • Vietnam
    • Vietnam South, 1954-1975

• To purchase French Indochina banknotes, please check our inventory :
  World banknotes countries A-Z

Pick #	Date
		French Colony
1-11	1875-1903	1, 5, 20, 100 dollars
12	1903	100 piastres
13-15	1903-21	1, 5, 20 piastres
16-18	1909-19	5, 20, 100 piastres
19-20	1920-25	5, 100 piastres
21-23	1875-93	5, 20, 100 dollars; Saigon
24-32	1892-1903	1, 5, 20, 100 dollars; Saigon
34-36	1903-7	1, 5, 20 piastres; Saigon
37-39	1909-19	5, 20, 100 piastres; Saigon
40-42	1909-19	5, 20, 100 piastres; Saigon
43-7	1919	10, 10, 20, 50, 50 cents
48-51	(1921-39)	1, 5, 20, 100 piastres
52-53	(1932)	1, 5 piastres
54-57	(1932-9)	1, 5, 20, 500 piastres
58-69	(1938-45)	1, 1, 1, 5, 5, 5, 5, 20, 100, 100, 500, 500 piastres
70-73	(1942-45)	20, 20, 20, 100 piastres
74-75	(1949-51)	1, 5 piastres
76-78	(1945)	1, 50, 100 piastres
79	(1946)	100 piastres
80-84	(1947-51)	10, 20, 100, 500, 1.000 piastres
85-87	(1939)	10, 20, 50 cents
88-91	(1942)	5, 10, 20, 50 cents
92	(1953)	1 Piastre
		Cambodia Issue
93-98	(1953-4)	1, 1, 5, 10, 100, 200 piastres
		Laos Issue
99-103	(1953-4)	1, 1, 5, 10, 100 piastres
		Vietnam Issue
104-109	(1953-4)	1, 1, 5, 10, 100, 200 piastres
		Japanese Occupation
M1-5	(1940)	50 Sen, 1, 5, 10, 100 yen
M6-7	(1942)	1, 10 yen