French Indochina. Piastre 1947 - NGC MS64

FRENCH INDOCHINA. 1 Piastre. 1947

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

1 Piastre coin minted for the Indochinese Federation within the French Union, corresponding to the reeded-edge variety. The obverse depicts the female allegory of the French Republic facing right, holding a rice branch as a symbol of the region's agriculture and prosperity, with the inscription “UNION FRANÇAISE.” The reverse features three rice stalks in the center, accompanied by the face value “1 PIASTRE” and the legend “FÉDÉRATION INDOCHINOISE,” all framed by a decorative border. This specimen retains an attractive original satin luster, with sharp reliefs, clean fields, and few surface marks—features fully consistent with its MS64 grade. Issued in the period following the Second World War, this coin belongs to an era of profound political change in French Indochina, shortly before the beginning of the process that would lead to the end of French colonial administration in the region.

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