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1 cent, French Indochina, 1943. Aluminium, 0.5 g, 17.5 mm.  5 cents, French Indochina, 1943. Aluminium, 0.8 g, 20 mm.  Virtually all coins for French Indochina were minted in France and shipped across the globe. When World War 2 broke out, transports became problematic (and France had its own troubles at home). Soon coins, especially small change, became scarce. In 1943, 1 cent and 5 cents coins were minted locally, in Hanoi. Japan occupied French Indochina since 1941 to get access to its natural resources, but left the nominal control and administration to France, that is to say, the French Vichy regime, or etat Français which was the official name. The 1943 coins were fine, but since they were made of the strategic metal aluminium, most of them were probably seized by the Japanese before they got into circulation - at least few of the coins show signs of having been used.
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1 cent, French Indochina, 1943. Aluminium, 0.5 g, 17.5 mm. Quote:
5 cents, French Indochina, 1943. Aluminium, 0.8 g, 20 mm. Nice examples!  |
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Love the Indochina coins.
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Love the Indochina coins.  In the 1950s and 1960s, many newly-independent former British colonies rushed to issue their own coins and currency, often denominated in shillings and pence. Inevitably these issues were short-lived as every country eventually adopted decimal currency. An example is the very dull bronze pre-decimal penny from Zambia, issued in 1966 and replaced just two years later when the country switched to 100 ngwee = 1 Kwacha  |
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Another holey coin from Fiji.  And one from France.  Edited by triggersmob
08/24/2023 06:54 am
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Nice holed examples! |
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Here is a 'one year only' coin from Costa Rica:  Costa Rica is nicknamed the 'Central American Switzerland', but although it is peaceful the Colon is nowhere near as stable as the Swiss Franc! In the late 1970s and early 1980s the value of the Colon fell dramatically. The 25 centimos coin (nicknamed the 'peseta'} was 23mm in diameter and had been struck in cupro-nickel since 1935, but changed to nickel-clad steel in 1980 and then to aluminium in 1982. The following year it was replaced by a 17mm coin and the denomination was struck for the last time in 1989. |
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Here is a 'one year only' coin from Costa Rica: Excellent! |
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Gabon 1985 500 francs  |
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Hong Kong 1951 50 cents  |
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India Princely States (Dhar) 1887 1/4 Anna  |
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Great additions from triggersmob! The UK's first attempt at introducing a decimal coinage was something of a failure. The silver florin or two-shilling piece, worth one-ienth of £1, was introduced in 1849. The coin was unpopular because it was too close in size to the shilling and the Queen's titles lacked the usual 'DEI GRATIA' or 'D:G:' meaning 'By the Grace of God'. After numerous complaints the coin was replaced by the slightly larger and thinner Gothic florin, bearing the Queen's full titles including 'Dei Gratia'. The 1849 coin is known as the Godless florin:   Edited by NumisRob
08/25/2023 2:59 pm
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Nice examples everyone! 1 dông, North Vietnam, 1946. Aluminium, 4.6 g, 33 mm.  Coins have rarely been issued in North Vietnam (and later Vietnam), circulating currency is mainly banknote based. At the rare occasions when coins were issued, they were minted a single year only (or at least all have the same year). For all I know, this is the only 1 dong coin minted by North Vietnam (before unification with South Vietnam in 1976). It was minted in 1946 only, as one of the first coins after breaking away as a separate state from French Indochina. |
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Very nice coin Erafjel, Here's a couple more from North Viet-Nam. 1958 1 Xu  1958 5 Xu  |
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