Item number: A1416

Year: AD 1936

Material: Nickel

Size: 26.2 x 30.1 x 0.9 mm

Weight: 5.1 g

Provenance: CGB Numismatics Paris 2024

This is a token minted in AD 1936, made of nickel, issued for tax payment purposes in the Protectorate of Tonkin, a French colonial territory centred around Hanoi in northern Vietnam.

The token has a hexagonal shape with a circular hole at the top for threading. The obverse side is decorated along the edges with an ivory motif evoking tropical imagery. At the centre, the inscription in French reads “VILLE DE HANOI” (City of Hanoi), with the year of issuance, “1936”, displayed below.

The reverse side of the token features a beaded border encircling the hexagonal edge. At the centre, the engraved token number “1555” is prominently displayed.

In AD 1862, the Nguyễn Dynasty of Vietnam ceded Cochinchina (Nam Kỳ), laying the groundwork for French colonisation in Vietnam. In AD 1887, France consolidated its territories, including Tonkin, Annam, Cochinchina, and Cambodia (later joined by Laos), officially forming the French Indochina Federation. By AD 1902, the French established Hanoi, in northern Vietnam, as the federation’s capital and administrative centre.

In August AD 1945, at the end of World War II, Vietnamese independence leader Hồ Chí Minh seized the opportunity created by the temporary absence of French authority, driven out by the Japanese, to launch an armed uprising in Hanoi. He declared the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Although French forces returned to retake Hanoi, they faced relentless guerrilla warfare from Hồ Chí Minh’s Việt Minh forces. Ultimately, France suffered a decisive defeat at the Battle of Điện Biên Phủ in AD 1954, leading to their withdrawal from Vietnam and the end of nearly a century of colonial rule.

物件編號: A1416

年代: 公元 1936 年

材質: 鎳

尺寸: 26.2 x 30.1 x 0.9 mm

重量: 5.1 g

來源: 巴黎硬幣收藏公司 2024

這是一枚公元1936年，作為法國殖民地的「東京保護國」，即河內為中心的越南北部用以納稅的鎳質代幣。

代幣的外觀為六角形，頂端有一個用以穿繫的圓形孔洞。代幣的正面邊緣以具備熱帶意象的象牙圖騰作為裝飾，正中間以法文標示「VILLE DE HANOI」(河內市)，下方則是代幣的發行年份「1936」。

代幣背面有沿著六邊形邊界圍繞的珠圈，正中央則是鐫刻的代幣編號「1555」。

公元1862年，越南阮朝割讓交趾支那(南圻)開啟法國在越南的殖民基礎。公元1887年，法國統合轄下：東京、安南、交趾支那和柬埔寨 (後續加入寮國)，正式成立「印度支那聯邦」。公元1902年，法國以越南北部的河內為首府作為統治中樞。

公元1945年8月，第二次世界大戰結束之際，越南獨立運動領導人胡志明趁著被日本人驅離的法國勢力尚未回歸之際，發動武裝起事佔領河內市宣布建立「越南民主共和國」。即便重返越南的法國政府重新控制河內，但卻陷入胡志明領導的越盟在各地的騷擾。最終法國於公元1954年的奠邊府戰役大敗，被迫退出越南結束其將近一世紀的殖民統治。