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As a bank of issue in Indochina until 1952 (and in French Pacific territories until 1967), [1] with many features of a central bank, it played a major role in the financial history of French Indochina, French India, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and Djibouti, as well as French-backed ventures in China and Siam.
French Indochina; 1954-1955: Kingdom of Cambodia State of Vietnam; 1954-1957: Kingdom of Laos; Issuance; Central bank: Banque de l'Indochine (until 1951) Institut d'Émission des États du Cambodge, du Laos et du Viet-nam (1952-1954) This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete.
The colony's principal bank was the Banque de l'Indochine, established in 1875 and was responsible for minting the colony's currency, the Indochinese piastre. Indochina was the second most invested-in French colony by 1940 after Algeria, with investments totalling up to 6.7 million francs.
State Bank of Vietnam headquarters in Hanoi with French art-deco architecture State Bank branch in Ho Chi Minh City. When Indochina was under French rule, the colonial government governed the Indochinese monetary system through Banque de l'Indochine, which also acted as a commercial bank in French Indochina.
The State Bank of Vietnam resumed issuing coins on 17 December 2003. [17] The new coins, minted by the Mint of Finland, were in denominations of 200, 500, 1,000, 2,000, and 5,000 dong in either nickel-clad steel or brass-clad steel. Prior to its reintroduction, Vietnamese consumers had to exchange banknotes for tokens with a clerk before ...
The bank developed its network in Indochina, opening new branch offices in Vinh (June 1927), [6] Tourane (September 1927), [7] and Huế (September 1927). [8] A new art deco building for its branch in Hanoi was inaugurated on 27 October 1930; [ 9 ] as of 2022 it still existed and was used by the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade . [ 10 ]
English: Face: two men rowing boat; denomination; Text: BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE = Bank of Indochina; L'ART. 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI = Art. 139 of Penal Code punishes with the forced labour those who counterfeits or falsifies the bills of the banks authorized by the Law; L'INSPECTEUR ...
On 31 July 1898 the president of France, Félix Faure, issued a decree that established a central bank for the entirety of French Indochina and that this bank would set the federal French Indochinese budget, on the same day the French president issued a decree that established a budget for the government of Tonkin. [16]