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1 Piastre
| Issuer | Banque de l'Indochine |
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| Year | 1942-1945 |
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| Reference(s) | P#60 |
| Obverse description | Central vignette shows two junks and a sampan on calm waters, set against a coastal landscape, rendered in a detailed intaglio style in violet-purple tones. A decorative guilloche rosette with a dollar sign medallion occupies the right portion, flanked by ornate border patterns. The bank title 'BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE' runs across the top, with the denomination 'UNE PIASTRE' at the foot and signature lines for the Inspecteur Général and Le Directeur de la Succursale de Saigon. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE UNE PIASTRE 1 TRAN-TANLOC DEL IDEO-HANOI LE DIRECTEUR DE LA SUCCURSALE DE SAIGON INSPECTEUR GENERAL |
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Printed locally in Hanoi under Japanese occupation, this note exists because the wartime severance of sea routes made it impossible to import currency from metropolitan France. The Imprimerie d'Extrême-Orient — a commercial press, not a security printer — was pressed into producing circulating currency under conditions it was never designed for, which is why paper quality and ink consistency vary noticeably across the series.
Trần Tấn Lộc's involvement as designer is one of the few instances in the Banque de l'Indochine's history where a Vietnamese artist received a formal credit on an issued note.