piastre of French Indochina

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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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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

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Subject: piastre of French Indochina
Description of subject: 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.

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