Evidence coverage: 1878–1955. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
A documented account-unit or currency-system transition supports this predecessor identity; not admitted from a specimen or inherited label alone.
Aymonier attributes ten-tiền ligature subdivision to Annamese imitation. This establishes limited accounting influence, not ancestry of the whole Cambodian bat account. Thai derivation and piastre absorption remain unverified.
Sources and qualifications →Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
The royal Lao kip replaced the shared Indochinese piastre as legal tender for payments in May 1955. National separation, not mere local banknote design; exact conversion rate not needed or asserted.
Printed pp92–93, sections2.1–2.2 (PDF pp3–4); DOI10.15017/3000469
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
The Cambodian riel replaced the shared Indochinese piastre in 1955, ending the common monetary arrangement. Applies to pre-abolition riel; not a direct uninterrupted edge to 1980 currency.
Printed pp51–52 (PDF pp69–70), footnote1 and Box3.1
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
The shared Indochinese piastre account system separated into the South Vietnamese piastre/dong: its founding central-bank participant describes division of the common balance sheet and debts, continuity of existing financial commitments, and replacement of colonial piastres by dong.
Chapter2 pp26–29,33
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
The Indochinese piastre developed from local Mexican-dollar/piastre reckoning after unsuccessful franc introductions. Conant describes acceptance of the piastre unit and local fractional issues followed by1885piastre coinage; the colonial common currency retained Mexican-dollar parity. This is regional account-unit adoption, not descent inferred only from a metal standard.
Conant pp607–608; UQAM opening paragraphs
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Conant pp607–608; UQAM opening paragraphs
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Aymonier attributes ten-tiền ligature subdivision to Annamese imitation. This establishes limited accounting influence, not ancestry of the whole Cambodian bat account. Thai derivation and piastre absorption remain unverified.
Appendix, printed pp.63–64, Monnaies (kas, prak); account table distinguished from weights
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.