piastre of French Indochina

E96846
colonial currency historical currency

The piastre of French Indochina was the colonial monetary unit used across French-controlled territories in Southeast Asia, including present-day Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
French Indochinese piastre 3
piastre of French Indochina canonical 3
French Indochina Treasury 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial currency ⓘ
historical currency ⓘ
country French Indochina ⓘ
currencyOf French Indochina ⓘ
denominationType banknote ⓘ
coin ⓘ
endOfUse 1953 ⓘ
exchangeRate 1 piastre = 10 French francs (initial peg) ⓘ
1 piastre = 17 French francs (later peg) ⓘ
introduced 1885 ⓘ
introducedBy French colonial empire ⓘ
surface form: French colonial administration
ISO4217Code none ⓘ
issuingAuthority Banque de l’Indochine ⓘ
piastre of French Indochina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: French Indochina Treasury
metalUsed copper ⓘ
nickel ⓘ
silver ⓘ
monetarySystem bimetallic standard ⓘ
notableEvent subject of the Piastres scandal in the late 1940s and early 1950s ⓘ
notableFeature served as common currency for multiple protectorates and colonies in Indochina ⓘ
peggedTo French franc (Latin Monetary Union) ⓘ
surface form: French franc
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
replaced Mexican peso ⓘ
surface form: Mexican peso (as main trade coin)

Spanish dollar ⓘ
surface form: Spanish dollar (as main trade coin)
replacedBy Cambodian riel ⓘ
Lao kip ⓘ
North Vietnamese đồng ⓘ
South Vietnamese đồng ⓘ
scriptOnCurrency Chinese characters ⓘ
Khmer script ⓘ
Lao script ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
Vietnamese quốc ngữ ⓘ
subdivision cent ⓘ
sapèque ⓘ
subunitName cent ⓘ
sapèque ⓘ
subunitRatio 1 piastre = 100 cents ⓘ
1 piastre = 600 sapèques ⓘ
symbol $ ⓘ
usedDuring French colonial period in Indochina ⓘ
usedIn Annam ⓘ
Cambodia ⓘ
Cochinchina ⓘ
Laos ⓘ
Cambodia ⓘ
surface form: Protectorate of Cambodia

Laos ⓘ
surface form: Protectorate of Laos

Tonkin ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Protectorate of Annam → currency → piastre of French Indochina ⓘ
Lao kip → replacedCurrency → piastre of French Indochina ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Indochinese piastre
Cambodian riel → replacing → piastre of French Indochina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indochinese piastre
piastre of French Indochina → issuingAuthority → piastre of French Indochina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Indochina Treasury
South Vietnamese đồng → replacedCurrency → piastre of French Indochina ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Indochinese piastre
Empire of Vietnam → currency → piastre of French Indochina ⓘ
North Vietnamese đồng → replacedCurrency → piastre of French Indochina ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Indochinese piastre
Vichy French authorities in Indochina → currency → piastre of French Indochina ⓘ