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Message:: [QUOTE="jgenn, post: 8233595, member: 78525"]I suggest that we refer to these as coins of Vietnam.  In the early 19th Century the independent empire of the Nguyen dynasty was called "Nam Viet", "Viet Nam" and "Dai Nam". Increasing French influence undermined the empire's independence and after 1845 the name "Annam" was used for the French protectorate followed by "French Indochina" when the French consolidated their rule in 1887. While it's not technically wrong to call the coins minted in Vietnam after 1845 as coins of "Annam" or "French Indochina" from 1887, they remain stylistically the same as those minted during the earlier, independent period.  The coins minted in Paris for circulation in French Indochina are in a different category.[/QUOTE]