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1 Cent Societe Francaise des Charbonnages du Tonkin
| Issuer | Société Française des Charbonnages du Tonkin |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Pink paper with dark blue letterpress print. The issuer's name appears in a cartouche at left, with the numeral "1" in a central panel above the denomination CENT. A second panel at right bears the reimbursement notice, with a red serial number below. |
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| Reverse description | Plain pink paper, entirely unprinted. |
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The Société Française des Charbonnages du Tonkin operated the major coal mining complex at Hòn Gai in northern Vietnam, a concession granted under French colonial administration that became one of the most productive coal operations in Southeast Asia. Token currency of this kind — issued by a private industrial concern rather than a bank — circulated as scrip among the mine's workforce, functionally trapping wages within the company's own stores and canteen system.
Pink paper distinguished the 1 centime denomination within the scrip hierarchy. These charbonnage issues are genuinely uncommon survivors; most were redeemed, worn out, or simply discarded when the operation's economic model shifted.