French Union coinage, circulation issues

Set Description
The French Union was established as a political entity in 1946 by the French Fourth Republic, replacing the French Empire colonial system.

Some members of the French Union did not have their own specific coinage (i.e. Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana) or used FEA or FWA as noted below.

Several nations withdrew from the French Union before it was officially dissolved by the Fifth Republic and was replaced by the French Community in 1958.

The following circulation type issues were struck when the countries were, at least nominally, under the French Union.

I am not a historian and this list was primarily compiled with the use of Google-Fu and Krause. I’d be very interested in hearing about additions or deletions that should be made.

Algeria
1949 20, 50 Francs
1950 100 Francs
1952 100 Francs
1956 20 Francs

Cambodia
1953 10, 20, 50 centimes (Kingdom est. under FU)

Cameroon
1948 1, 2 Francs
1958 5, 10, 25 Francs as FEA-Cameroon

France
1946 10 centimes
1946 20 centimes
1946-1947 50 centimes (various)
1946-1958 1 Franc (various)
1946-1958 2 Francs (various)
1946-1952 5 Francs (various)
1950-1958 10 Francs (various)
1950-1954 20 Francs (various)
1950-1958. 50 Francs (various)
1954-1958 100 Francs

French Equatorial Africa (Middle Congo , Ubangi-Shari (future CAR), Chad and Gabon)
1948 1, 2 Francs


French Indo-China (Annan, Laos, Cambodia, Tonkin, colony of Cochin China)
1946 5, 50 centimes
1946-1947 1 Piastre *only the piaster is listed as French Union in Krause. The 5 and 50 cents are listed as colonial (i.e. pre Union).

French Oceania
1949 50 cent, 1, 2 Francs
1952 5 Francs

French Somaliland
1948 1, 2, 5 Francs
1949 1, 2, Francs
1952 20 Francs

French West Africa (Mauritania, Senegal, Dahomey, French Sudan, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta, Niger, French Guinea, and later the mandated area of Togo)
1948 1, 2 Franc
1955 1, 2 Francs
1956 5, 10, 25 Francs
1957 10, 25 Francs (new type)

Laos
1952 10, 20, 50 cent

Madagascar
1948 1, 2 Francs
1953 5,10, 20 Francs
1958 1 Franc

Morocco
1365 (1946) 5 Francs
1366 (1947) 10, 20 Francs
1370 (1951) 1, 2, 5, 100 Francs
1371 (1952) 10, 20, 50 Francs
1372 (1953) 100, 200 Francs
1376 (1956) 500 Francs

New Caledonia
1949 50 centimes, 1, 2 Francs
1952 5 Francs

Reunion
1948 1, 2 Francs (plus mule specimen)
1955 5, 10, 20 Francs

St. Pierre and Miquelon
1948 1, 2 Francs

Togo
1948 1, 2 Francs
1956 5 Francs
1957 10, 25 Francs (as FWA-Togo)

Tunisia
1365 (1946) 5 Francs
1370 (1950) 20, 50, 100 Francs
1373 (1954) 5 Francs
1376 (1957) 5, 20, 50, 100

Viet Nam (like I said, nominally...and I've been debating this one. The coinage is not using the Franc system after all, and Viet Nam was working pretty hard at not being French Union at the point these were minted)
1953 10, 20 Su, 50 Xu

Set Goals
A work in progress (I'm just starting by adding the one coin I have out on my desk), but hopefully will eventually have a complete set. This is yet another example of a random cool coin leading to some reading and an education in some aspect of history.