Between 1878 and 1885, the Cochinchina piastre was the currency of the French colony of Cochinchina. It was replaced by the French Indochinese piastre after the creation of a unified administration for Cochinchina and the other French protectorates and colonies in the Far East on 22 December 1885.
French Cochinchina 50 Cents 1879
French Cochinchina 2 Sapèques 1879
First coin of French Cochinchina (1878)
French Cochinchina was a colony of French Indochina, encompassing the whole region of Lower Cochinchina or Southern Vietnam from 1862 to 1946. The French operated a plantation economy whose primary strategic product was rubber.
Cochinchina in 1920
Capture of Saigon by France
The six provinces of Lower Cochinchina in 1863
Cochinchina in 1829 under Nguyễn Dynasty