This book describes and catalogs the legal tender coins and paper money issued by the French in Southeast Asia from the early 19th century to 1955. This work is a comprehensive catalog of French Southeast Asia Coins and Currency covering:
- French Cochinchina;
- French Indochina;
- French Protectorates of Cambodia, Tonkin, Annam, and Laos;
- French Republic of Cochinchina;
- French Kingdom of Cambodia;
- French Kingdom of Laos;
- French State of Viet Nam;
- French in Siam (Thailand); and the
- French in the Dutch East Indies
There are also other financial instruments such as treasury certificates, business and military tokens and scrip, postal pieces, Chinese and Japanese WWII occupation notes, Vietnamese anti-French bonds, and many other pieces. Many pieces have never been illustrated and/or cataloged in any other reference. Besides the detailed information for over 1000 pieces, there is also historical background information. All values are in US Dollars.
The Catalog and Guidebook of Southeast Asian Coins and Currency, Volume I, France is the first volume in a five volume, seven book series on Southeast Asia coins and currency by Howard Daniel III:
- Volume 1 is French (The Catalog and Guidebook of Southeast Asian Coins and Currency, Volume I, France) currently in its third edition.
- Volume 2 is Viet Nam in three parts:
- Part 1: Empire of Viet Nam (currently in progress)
- Part 2: Democratic Republic of Viet Nam Coins and Currency currently in its second edition.
- Part 3: Socialist Republic of Viet Nam Coins and Currency
- Volume 3 is Cambodia (Cambodia Coins and Currency)
- Volume 4 is Lao (Lao Coins and Currency)
- Volume 5 will be Myanmar (Burma)
Binding: Paperback
Edition: 3rd
Publication Date: April 10, 2018
Size: 7x10
Pages: 296
