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| Issuer | Banque de l'Indo-Chine |
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| Year | 1909-1915 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Brown intaglio print on cream paper with black serial numbers. Central vignette presents two reclining allegorical female figures flanking an ox (Bos taurus) and a tiger (Panthera tigris) at the lower register, with elephant (Loxodonta sp.) column motifs at the left and right borders. Inscriptions appear in three scripts — French, Arabic, and Amharic — reflecting the multilingual context of the Djibouti branch issue. |
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| Reverse description | Brown intaglio print on cream paper. The composition is structured around a large central guilloche circle, with ornate square panel vignettes occupying each corner. The remaining field is filled with repetitive microtext guilloche bands arranged horizontally and vertically, carrying the bank name throughout, with the penal code counterfeit warning legend running along the top and bottom margins. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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