French Indochina. Piastre 1947 - NGC MS64

FRENCH INDOCHINA. 1 PIASTE. 1947

- Value: 1 PIASTE.
- Year: 1947.
- Inscriptions: Obverse: UNION FRANÇAISE · 1947. Reverse: FÉDÉRATION INDOCHINOISE · 1 PIASTRE.
- Grading: MS64 (NGC).

Coin of 1 PIASTE minted for the Federation of Indochina within the French Union, corresponding to the Reeded Edge variant. The obverse features the allegorical figure of the French Republic facing right, holding a stalk of rice as a symbol of the region’s agriculture and prosperity, with the inscription «UNION FRANÇAISE». The reverse shows three ears of rice in the center, accompanied by the face value «1 PIASTRE» and the legend «FÉDÉRATION INDOCHINOISE», all framed by a decorative border. The specimen retains an attractive original satin finish, with sharp reliefs, clean fields and only minor surface marks, fully consistent with the MS64 grade. Issued in the post-World War II period, this coin belongs to a stage of deep political changes in French Indochina, shortly before the beginning of the process that would lead to the disappearance of the French colonial administration in the region.

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