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50 Cents
| Issuer | French Indochina |
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| Year | 1896-1936 |
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| Engraver(s) | Jean-Auguste Barre |
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| Reverse lettering | · INDO-CHINE FRANÇAISE · 50 CENT. TITRE 0,900. POIDS 13 GR. 5 (Translation: French Indochina 0,900 purity, 13.5 grams) |
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| Mint | Monnaie de Paris (Paris Mint) |
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French Indochina's silver coinage was struck almost entirely at the Paris Mint, with the 50-centime denomination serving the colonial monetary system that pegged local currency to the Mexican peso before France established the piastre as the unit of account in 1885. The forty-year span of this type reflects how rarely the colonial administration bothered to update circulating coinage — design continuity was a bureaucratic convenience, not a policy statement.
The KM#4a.1 and 4a.2 distinction separates issues by the presence or absence of a mintmaster's privy mark, a detail the Paris Mint applied inconsistently across the run.