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| Issuer | Banque de l'Indo-Chine |
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| Year | 1909-1915 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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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 lettering | L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLET DE BANQUE AUTORISÉS PAR LA LOI AINSI QUE CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE CES BILLETS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIÉS BANQUE DE L`INDO-CHINE (Translation: Article 139 of the penal code punishes with forced labor those who have counterfeit or falsified banknotes authorized by law as well as those who have made use of these counterfeit or falsified notes. Bank of Indochina.) |
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| Variants | P#3a - 01.05.1909. Signature titles: UN ADMINISTRATEUR and LE DIRECTEUR. Rare P#3b - 10.06.1915. Signature titles: UN ADMINISTRATEUR and L'ADM-DIRECTEUR P#3c - Cancelled note handstamped: ANNULÉ |
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